Vincent's Word Studies in the NT

1 John 4:5

Of the world [ε κ τ ο υ κ ο σ μ ο υ]. Proceeding from, as their source [ε κ]. Different from ejk thv ghv from the earth (John 3:31), as marking the whole worldly economy morally considered.

Speak they of the world (ejk tou kosmou lalousin) An ambiguous rendering, which might readily be interpreted "they speak concerning the world." Literally it is : "they speak out of the world; i e., the character of their utterances corresponds to their origin. Rev.," speak they as of the world. "The position of the world in the sentence is emphatic :" it is out of the world that they speak. "

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1 John 4:5

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