OET interlinear 1 YHN (1 JHN) 4:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστε

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστέ τεκνία καί νενικήκατε αὐτούς ὅτι μείζων ἐστίν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἤ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ)

The expression from God means something different in this verse than in the previous three verses, since it refers to believers rather than to the spirits that are inspiring prophets. It means the same thing as in [3:10](../03/10.md). See how you translated it there. Alternate translation: [You belong to God] or [You are living in relationship with God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τεκνία

little_children

See how you translated little children in [2:1](../02/01.md). Alternate translation: [you dear believers who are under my care]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

νενικήκατε αὐτούς

˱you_all˲_˓have˒_overcome them

As in [2:13](../02/13.md) and [2:14](../02/14.md), John is using the word overcome. He is speaking of the believers’ refusal to believe the false prophets as if the believers had defeated these prophets in a struggle. Alternate translation: [you have refused to believe these false teachers]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτούς

them

The pronoun them refers to the false prophets whom John describes in [4:1](../04/01.md). Alternate translation: [these false teachers]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν

greater (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστέ τεκνία καί νενικήκατε αὐτούς ὅτι μείζων ἐστίν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἤ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ)

As in [3:24](../03/24.md), John is speaking as if God could be inside of believers. Alternate translation: [God, with whom you have a close relationship, is greater]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ

the_‹one› in the_‹one› in the world

The phrase in the world here and in [4:5](../04/05.md) seems to have a different meaning than in [4:1](../04/01.md) and [4:3](../04/03.md). There, it refers to location, so when John says in [4:3](../04/03.md) that the spirit of the antichrist is “in the world,” it means “on this earth” or “circulating among people.” But here, John seems to be using the term world to mean the value system that is opposed to God. In that case, the phrase the one in the world would refer to the devil by association with the way that he inspires that system. Alternate translation: [the devil]