Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 John 4:6
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1 John4:6
6. We--true teachers of Christ: in contrast to them.
are of God--and therefore speak of God: in contrast to "speak they of the world," 1Jo 4:5.
knoweth God--as his Father, being a child "of God" (1Jo 2:13, 14).
heareth us--Compare Joh 18:37, "Every one that is of the truth, heareth My voice."
Hereby--(1Jo 4:2-6); by their confessing, or not confessing, Jesus; by the kind of reception given them respectively by those who know God, and by those who are of the world and not of God.
spirit of truth--the Spirit which comes from God and teaches truth.
spirit of error--the spirit which comes from Satan and seduces into error.
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