1st John Chapter 5 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV 1stJohn 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
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BBE 1stJohn 5:19

We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
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DARBY 1stJohn 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked [one].
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KJV 1stJohn 5:19

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
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WBT 1stJohn 5:19


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WEB 1stJohn 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
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YLT 1stJohn 5:19

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - Omit the "and" before "we know." There is no καί or δέ in the true text; and the asyndeton is impressive. The whole world lieth in the evil one. This is the second great fact of which Christians have certainty. They, as children of God, and preserved from the evil one by his Son, have nothing to do with the world, which still lies in the power of the evil one. That "the evil" τῷ πονηρῷ is here not neuter but masculine is evident from the context, as well as from 1 John 2:13, 14; 1 John 4:4. "By saying that it lieth in the evil one (in maligno) he represents it as being under the dominion of Satan. There is, therefore, no reason why we should hesitate to shun the world, which contemns God and delivers up itself into the bondage of Satan; nor is there any reason why we should fear its enmity, because it is alienated from God" (Calvin).

Ellicott's Commentary