1 John 5:19

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

We know that we belong to God, but the Evil One controls the whole world.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the message about the divine greatness of Christ. Christ is the one who is exactly like God.

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past your lives were full of those sins. You lived the way the world lives, following the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.

Galatians 1:4

Jesus gave himself for our sins to free us from this evil world we live in. This is what God our Father wanted.

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.

Revelation 12:9

It was thrown down out of heaven. (This giant dragon is that old snake, the one called the devil or Satan, who leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The dragon and its angels were thrown to the earth.

John 16:11

And he will show them how wrong their judgment is, because their leader has already been condemned.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. So now we can know the one who is true, and we live in that true God. We are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and he is eternal life.

1 John 5:13

I write this letter to you who believe in the Son of God. I write so that you will know that you have eternal life now.

James 4:4

You people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving what the world has is the same as hating God. So anyone who wants to be friends with this evil world becomes God’s enemy.

John 14:30

“I will not talk with you much longer. The ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us. But people who do not believe God make God a liar, because they do not believe what God told us about his Son.

1 John 3:24

All who obey God’s commands live in God. And God lives in them. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit he gave us.

Revelation 20:3

Then the angel threw the dragon into the bottomless pit and closed it. The angel locked it over the dragon. The angel did this so that the dragon could not trick the people of the earth until the 1000 years were ended. After 1000 years the dragon must be made free for a short time.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who have been made God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe. The Evil One cannot hurt them.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that our body—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a home for us to live in. It will not be the kind of home people build here. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever.

Romans 8:16

And the Spirit himself speaks to our spirits and makes us sure that we are God’s children.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have left death and have come into life. We know this because we love each other as brothers and sisters. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

Titus 3:3

In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

2 Timothy 1:12

And I suffer now because of that work. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one I have put my trust in. And I am sure that he is able to protect what I have put into his care until that Day.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with a clear conscience that it is true: In everything we have done in the world, we have done it with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even truer in what we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

Luke 4:6

The devil said to him, “I will make you king over all these places. You will have power over them, and you will get all the glory. It has all been given to me. I can give it to anyone I want.

John 17:15

“I am not asking you to take them out of the world. But I am asking that you keep them safe from the Evil One.

1 John 5:15

He listens to us every time we ask him. So we know that he gives us whatever we ask from him.