Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.

New American Standard Bible

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

King James Version

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

Holman Bible

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.

A Conservative Version

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is set in the evil.

American Standard Version

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

Amplified

We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts].

An Understandable Version

We [also] know that we are [children] of God and that the people of the whole world lie under [the control of] the evil one [i.e., Satan].

Anderson New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the wicked one.

Bible in Basic English

We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

Common New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

Daniel Mace New Testament

we know that we are the children of God, and the rest of the world are subject to the evil spirit.

Darby Translation

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked one.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies under the wicked one.

Godbey New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.

Goodspeed New Testament

We know that we are children of God, while the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

John Wesley New Testament

but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not. We know, that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the wicked one.

Julia Smith Translation

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in evil.

King James 2000

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in [the power of] the evil one.

Modern King James verseion

We know that we are of God, and all the world lies in evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We know that we be of God, and that the world is altogether set on mischief.

Moffatt New Testament

We know that we belong to God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil One.

Montgomery New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the Evil One.

NET Bible

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

New Heart English Bible

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Noyes New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth under the dominion of the Evil One.

Sawyer New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

The Emphasized Bible

We know that, of God, are we; and, the whole world, in the wicked one, is lying.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the power of that wicked one.

Twentieth Century New Testament

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.

Webster

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

Weymouth New Testament

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil one.

Williams New Testament

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

World English Bible

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Worrell New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the evil one.

Worsley New Testament

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth under the wicked one.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And we know
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

we are
ἐσμέν 
Esmen 
Usage: 50

of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

the whole
ὅλος 
Holos 
Usage: 83

κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

κεῖμαι 
Keimai 
lie, be laid, be set, be appointed, be, be made, laid up, there
Usage: 23

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Images 1 John 5:19

Prayers for 1 John 5:19

Context Readings

Our Assurance Of Eternal Life

18 We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.


Cross References

Galatians 1:4

He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.

John 12:31

Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

1 John 4:4-6

Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

John 14:30

I won't talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

John 16:11

and of judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

Ephesians 2:2

that you once practiced as you lived according to the ways of this present world and according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now active in those who are disobedient.

James 4:4

You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

1 John 5:18

We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true God. We are in union with the one who is true, his Son Jesus the Messiah, who is the true God and eternal life.

Revelation 12:9

The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels.

John 15:18-19

"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.

Romans 1:28-32

Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.

Romans 3:9-18

What, then, does this mean? Are we Jews any better off? Not at all! For we have already accused everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of being under the power of sin.

Romans 8:16

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

2 Timothy 1:12

That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.

Titus 3:3

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love one another. The person who does not love remains spiritually dead.

1 John 3:24

The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

1 John 5:10

The person who believes in the Son of God believes this testimony personally. The person who does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony that he has given about his Son.

1 John 5:13

I 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.

Revelation 13:7-8

It was allowed to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Revelation 20:3

He threw him into the bottomless pit, locked it, and sealed it over him to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were over. After that, he must be set free for a little while.

Revelation 20:7-8

When the thousand years are over, Satan will be freed from his prison.

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