And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
World lieth in wickedness, х en (G1722) too (G3588) poneeroo (G4190)] - rather, 'lieth in the wicked one,' as 1 John 5:18; 1 John 2:13-14: cf. 1 John 4:4; John 17:14-15; John 1:1-51:e., in the power of, and abiding in, the wicked one, as its lord and resting-place. Compare "abideth in death," 1 John 3:14: contrast 1 John 5:20, "we are in Him that is true." The believer is delivered out of his power; the whole world lieth helpless still in it, including the wise, great, respectable-all who are not by vital union in Christ.