1 John 4:4
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
μέγας
Great, large, important. Megas. A great door and effectual is opened. God opens great doors. Do not settle for small thinking about a great God. He works on a grand scale.
θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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κόσμος
World
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κόσμος
The world, the ordered universe. God so loved the kosmos. He loves what He made and He is working to redeem every part of it.
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εἰμί
are,
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εἰμί
To be, to exist. Eimi. When God names himself I AM, he uses this word. Existence itself belongs to him. Ground your identity in the one who simply is.
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τεκνίον
little children,
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τεκνίον
Little child, dear one. Teknion. John called his congregations "little children," a term of deep pastoral affection. Those who belong to Christ are not merely followers but beloved. Receive that tenderness.
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νικάω
have overcome
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νικάω
To conquer, to overcome, to prevail. Nikao. In all these things we are more than conquerors. Not barely surviving. More than conquering. Through Him who loved us.
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ἤ
than
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ἤ
Or, than, either. Ē. Scripture often forces a choice: serve God or mammon, life or death, narrow or wide. The either/or of the gospel demands a response. Choose.
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