1Jo 5:19 | NETfull | STEP | We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:19

19 We know that we are from God, ^{▼▼ 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.