The devil said to Jesus, “I will make you king over all these places. You will have power over them and will get all the glory. It has all been given to me. I can give it to any person I want.
1 John 5:19 - Easy To Read Version These are the people who divide you. These people do only what their sinful selves want. They don’t have the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one. American Standard Version (1901) We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one. Common English Bible We know we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. Catholic Public Domain Version We know that we are of God, and that the entire world is established in wickedness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We know that we are of God, and the whole world is seated in wickedness. |
The devil said to Jesus, “I will make you king over all these places. You will have power over them and will get all the glory. It has all been given to me. I can give it to any person I want.
Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world (the devil) will be thrown out.
I will not talk with you much longer. The ruler of this world (the devil) is coming. He has no power over me.
And the Helper will prove to the world the truth about judgment, because the ruler of this world (the devil) is already judged.
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 (the devil).
And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.
This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.
The ruler {\cf2\super [17]} of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of people who don’t believe. They cannot see the light (truth) of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ. Christ is the One who is exactly like God.
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 a home made by men. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever.
Jesus gave himself for our sins. Jesus did this to free us from this evil world we live in. This is what God the Father wanted.
Yes, in the past you lived doing those sins. You lived the way the world lives. You followed the ruler of the evil powers over the earth. That same spirit is now working in those people who refuse to obey God.
And I suffer now because I tell that Good News. But I am not ashamed. I know the One (Jesus) that I have believed. I am sure that he is able to protect the things that he has trusted me with until that Day. {\cf2\super [8]}
Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.
We know that we have left death (sin) and have come into life. We know this because we love our brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}. The person who does not love is still in death.
The person who obeys God’s commands lives in God. And God lives in that person. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} that God gave us.
When I come, I will talk about what Diotrephes is doing. He lies and says evil things about us. But that is not all he does! He refuses to help those brothers \{who are working to serve Christ\}. Diotrephes also stops those people who want to help the brothers. He makes those people leave the church (group of believers).
The children of your sister {\cf2\super [5]} who was chosen by God send you their love.
Peace to you. The friends (believers) here with me send their love. Please give our love to each one of the friends there.
We know that any person who has been made God’s child does not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps God’s child safe. {\cf2\super [22]} The Evil One (the devil) cannot hurt that person.
But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}
The snake was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant snake is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The snake with his angels were thrown to the earth.
The angel threw the snake into the bottomless pit and closed it. The angel locked it over the snake. The angel did this so that the snake could not trick the people of the earth until the 1,000 years were ended. After 1,000 years the snake must be made free for a short time.