1 John 4:4

4:4 You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, ¹  because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 5:5

5:5 Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that ²  Jesus is the Son of God?

[4:4]  ¹ sn Them refers to the secessionist opponents, called “false prophets” in 4:1 (compare 2:19).

[5:5]  ² tn After a verb of perception (the participle ὁ πιστεύων [Jo pisteuwn]) the ὅτι (Joti) in 5:5 introduces indirect discourse, a declarative or recitative clause giving the content of what the person named by the participle (ὁ πιστεύων) believes: “that Jesus is the Son of God.” As in 4:15, such a confession constitutes a problem for the author’s opponents but not for his readers who are genuine believers.