1Jo 5:19 | KJV | STEP | And we know that we are of God , and the whole world lieth in wickedness .

a 1 John 5:15, 18, 20

b 1 John 4:6

c John 12:31; 17:15; Gal 1:4

1John 5: 19

(KJV)

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

(NASB2020)

^aWe know that ^bwe are of God, and that ^cthe whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

(NET2full)

We know that we are from God, ^{▼▼tn The preposition ἐκ (ek) here indicates both source and possession: Christians are “from” God in the sense that they are begotten by him, and they belong to him. For a similar use of the preposition compare the phrases ἐκ τοῦ πατρός (ek tou patros) and ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου (ek tou kosmou) in 1 John 2:16.} and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.