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The True God

1 John 5:19

In 9 translations

BSB
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
KJV
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
WEB
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
ASV
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
LSV
we have known that we are of God, and the whole world lies [under the power] of the evil [one];
YLT
we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;
DBY
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked [one].Elohim
DRC
We know that we are of God, and the whole world is seated in wickedness.
GNV
We knowe that we are of God, and this whole world lieth in wickednesse.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐσμεν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος ὅλος ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ κεῖται.
RP2018
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐσμέν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος ὅλος ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ κεῖται.
TR-Boyd
Οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐσμέν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος ὅλος ἐν τῷ πονηρῷ κεῖται.
SCR1894
οιδαμεν οτι εκ του θεου εσμεν και ο κοσμος ολος εν τω πονηρω κειται

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • 1 John 4:4–6You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world…
  • Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
  • Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  • John 12:31Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
  • John 16:11and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
  • 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • John 15:18–19If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  • Revelation 13:7–8Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all…
  • Romans 1:28–32Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They…
  • 1 John 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
  • 1 John 5:13I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
  • John 14:30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
  • 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
  • 1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

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