1 John 5:19 (WEB)
We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
Catechism · 2
The Seven Petitions
“We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 5:18-19.
The Fall
“This dramatic situation of "the whole world [which] is in the power of the evil one"” — Catechism footnote: I Jn 5:19; cf. I Pt 5:8.
Fathers and councils · 12
Jerome
“C. But what answer will you give to the famous declaration of John the Evangelist:“We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but the begetting of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 18, 19.
Read the whole comment“1 John v. 19.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…the word κακία must mean “wickedness” and not “tribulation” or “trouble,” the meaning must be the same as in the words “the whole world lieth in wickedness” and as in the Lord’s prayer in the clause, “deliver us from evil:” the purport of the passage will then be that our present conflict with the wickedness of…” — editor's note: 1 Joh. v. 19. Where, however, the word is ἐντῷ πονηεᾦ.
Read the whole comment“It was no wonder that she sobbed out that even she was in darkness (for this is the meaning of the word Kedar) seeing that, according to the apostle, “the world lieth in the evil one;” and that, “as its darkness is, so is its light;” and that “the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.”” — editor's note: 1 Joh. v. 19.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“But the world he calls his palace, which lieth in wickedness, (1 John 5:19.) wherein up to our Saviour’s coming he enjoyed supreme power, because he rested in the hearts of unbelievers without any opposition.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“The house of the devil is the world which lieth in wickedness, (1 John 5:19.) which he builds upon the earth, because those who obey him he drags down from heaven to earth; he builds without foundation, for sin has no…” — the author cites it
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Origen
“…power over those who were obedient to his wickedness, since “the whole of this world”—for I term this place of earth, world—“lieth in the wicked one,” and in this apostate.” — editor's note: 1 John v. 19.
Read the whole comment- Origen, De Principiis II.3Book II
“That earth of ours, with its inhabitants, is also termed the world, as when Scripture says, “The whole world lieth in wickedness.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…those whom ye see not; “against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world, of this darkness.”…“The whole world lieth in wickedness;” therefore the Apostle explained of what world they were rulers, he said, “of this darkness.”” — editor's note: 1 John v. 19. [Gr. “in the Wicked One.”—C.]
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“And this is the reason of blessing of food, “Because the whole world lieth in wickedness; [1 John 5:19] so that all things that have body, which are a great part of the world, lie in wickedness.” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“We know indeed, as the Apostle John says that “the whole world lieth in the evil one,” and that by the stratagems of the Devil and his angels numberless attempts are made either to frighten man in his struggle upwards by adversity or to spoil…” — editor's note: 1 John v. 19.
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Clement of Alexandria
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:46–49 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:46–49 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:46–49 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:46–49 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 6:46–49 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 11:21–23 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 11:21–23 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 11:21–23 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §2852.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 19:13–15 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §409.