John 14:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)30 I will not speak with you very much anymore because the ruler of the world [i.e., Satan] is coming, and he has no control over me. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176930 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition30 I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.] Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me; Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible30 I won’t say much more to you because this world’s ruler is coming. He has nothing on me. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version30 I will not now speak at length with you. For the prince of this world is coming, but he does not have anything in me. Ver Capítulo |
[But], you people are [followers] of God, little children [i.e., dear ones], and you have overcome them [i.e., these false teachers] because He who is in your lives [i.e., the Holy Spirit, See 3:24] is greater [i.e., more powerful] than he who is in [i.e., dominates] the world [i.e., Satan. See II Cor. 4:4].
For our struggle is not [actually] against human beings, but against rulers and authorities and leaders of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. [Note: “Heavenly realms” here refers to the struggle against Satanic powers which permeates life around us].
You practiced such things when you lived according to the evil ways of this world, and according to the ruler of the [spiritual] powers of the air. [Note: This refers to Satan, whose influence permeates life around us]. He is the [evil] spirit who is now at work in people who are disobedient [to God].
We know that every person who has been [spiritually] conceived by God [and eventually born] does not continue in [a life of] sin, but God’s only conceived One [i.e., His Son] keeps him [from continuing to sin], and the evil one [i.e., Satan] does not continue to touch him [i.e., continue to control his life].