They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

because ¹  everyone ²  who has been fathered by God ³  conquers ⁴  the world. ⁵ This ⁶  is the conquering power ⁷  that has conquered ⁸  the world: our faith.

Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, ¹  if the world hates you. ² 

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior ¹  of the world.

We know that we are from God, ¹  and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) ¹  is not from the Father, but is from the world.

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice ¹  for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world. ² 

And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains ¹  forever.

Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that ¹  Jesus is the Son of God?

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, ¹  but test ²  the spirits ³  to determine ⁴  if they are from God, because many false prophets ⁵  have gone out into the world.

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.

But whoever has the world’s possessions ¹  and sees his fellow Christian ²  in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God ³  reside ⁴  in such a person? ⁵ 

By this ¹  the love of God ²  is revealed in us: ³  that God has sent his one and only ⁴  Son into the world so that we may live through him.

(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that ¹  we should be called God’s children – and indeed ²  we are! ³  For this reason ⁴  the world does not know us: because it did not know him. ⁵ 

but ¹  every spirit that does not confess ²  Jesus ³  is not from God, and this is the spirit ⁴  of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

By this ¹  love is perfected with ²  us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus ³  is, so also are we in this world.

Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists ¹  have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know ¹  him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one ²  is the true God and eternal life.