They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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Gill's Exposition
They are of the world,.... That is, the false prophets and teachers that were gone into the world, and had the spirit of antichrist in them; these were as they were when they came into the world,…
Barnes' Notes
They are of the world - This was one of the marks by which those who had the spirit of antichrist might be known. They belonged not to the church of God, but to the world. They had its spirit; they…
In these verses the apostle encourages the disciples against the fear and danger of this seducing antichristian spirit, and that by such methods as these: - 1. He assures them of a more divine…
Cambridge Bible
They are of the world This follows, though it has not yet been stated, from their not being -of us" (1Jn 2:19): for there is no middle position. The verse is another reminiscence of the Lord's…
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