1 John 4:4

You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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2 songs meet this passage

  • “greater is the One living inside of me”

    Greater · MercyMe

    resonates with 1 John 4:4

    This is a near-direct quotation of John's assurance that God's Spirit in believers is greater than the world's forces.

  • American Pie (Full Length Version) · Don Mclean

    strains against 1 John 4:4

    The lyric paints evil as unbreakable and triumphant in the moment; Scripture insists the one in believers is greater than the one in the world, a hope the song doesn't voice.

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