1 John 5:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gal 1:4 : 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • 1 John 4:4-6 : 4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • John 12:31 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
  • John 16:11 : 11 Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
  • John 14:30 : 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
  • Rev 13:7-8 : 7 And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and power was given him over all tribes, tongues, and nations. 8 And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
  • Rev 20:3 : 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.
  • Rev 20:7-8 : 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 And will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • 1 John 5:13 : 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Rom 1:28-32 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Undiscerning, untrustworthy, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Rom 3:9-9 : 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, 'There is none righteous, no, not one:' 11 'There is none who understands, there is none who seeks after God.' 12 'They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.' 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.' 14 'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.' 15 'Their feet are swift to shed blood:' 16 'Destruction and misery are in their ways:' 17 'And the way of peace they have not known:' 18 'There is no fear of God before their eyes.'
  • Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.

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    17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

    18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

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    20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

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    3 And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and even now it is already in the world.

    4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

    5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

    6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

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    5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

    7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

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    16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17 In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

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    6 Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7 Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

    8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

    10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

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    15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.

    17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

    18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

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    3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

    4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

  • 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

  • 13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

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    12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

    13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

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    15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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    20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

    21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

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    19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

    20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

  • 11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.

  • 9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

  • 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

  • 4 Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

  • 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.