I John 4:6
The apostle John writing (God speaking via scripture...The Word), being a verse (from a letter around the church at Ephesus) suggesting that the Elect eventually "listen".

Wycliffe Bible of 1384: ⁶We ben of God; he that knowith God, herith vs; he that is not of God, herith not vs. In this thing we knowen the spirit of treuthe, and the spirit of errour.

King James Bible of 1611: ⁶We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

NAS Bible of 1960: ⁶We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

NIV Bible 1973-78: ⁶We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit^[1] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
 

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