1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the power of that wicked one.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
In Context
Cross References
John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out of it.
John 15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.
Romans 1:28And since they thought not fit to hold the Deity in acknowledgment, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to practise deeds unbecoming;
Romans 8:16The same spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
2 Corinthians 4:4among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them.
Galatians 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might pluck us out of this present wicked world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:19-21
Privileges of Believers. ( a. d. 80.) 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.… Read the whole commentary →