1 ยอห์น 5:19
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
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Study Note
The dualistic claim 'we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness' (or 'in the evil one,' en tō ponērō) reflects the Johannine cosmological dualism that places two communities — those born of God and 'the world' — under two opposing lordships. The verb 'lieth' (keitai) denotes a passive reclining position of being held — the world lies under the power of the evil one as one in a controlling embrace — suggesting helpless captivity rather than active cooperation. The verse does not imply that individuals within the world cannot be reached by the gospel (John 3:16: 'God so loved the world') but that the present ordering principle of world-life is satanic. The passage grounds the ethical distinctiveness demanded of believers in this ontological difference of lordship and origin.
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We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;
We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
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Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, …
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate …
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the …
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, …
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: