They are of the world: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
They are of the world. Such antichrists and heretics are guided by a worldly spirit, teaching men to follow the corrupt customs and inclinations of the world and the flesh, therefore the world heareth them, and men are more easily seduced by them. (Witham)