1 John 5:19

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1. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Assurance cites 1 John v. 19

   …that ye have eternal life.” (1 John v. 13.) And again, “We know that we are of God.” (1 John v. 19.) What shall we say to these things? I desire to speak with all humility on any…

2. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

   Showing how difficult the practice of humility is made, by the general spirit and temper of the world. How Christianity requireth us to live contrary to the world cites 1 John v. 19

   …saith the same Apostle, "that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness." [1 John v. 19] Christians, therefore, can no farther know that they are of God, than so far as they…

3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 1 John 5: 19

   …be which go in thereat.’ Matt 7: 13. The greatest part of the world lies in wickedness. 1 John 5: 19. Divide the world, says Brerewood, into thirty-one parts, nineteen parts of it are…

4. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   The New Birth cites 1 John 5:19

   …the world. The world is at variance with God, "The whole world lieth in the Evil One" (1 John 5:19). It is under the dominion of the Evil One, ruled by his ambitions and ideas. The world…

5. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

   The World cites 1 John v. 19

   …(1 John v. 4.) "We know that we are of God and the whole world lieth in wickedness." (1 John v. 19.) (d) Let us hear, lastly, what the Lord Jesus Christ says:— "The cares of this world…

6. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

   Section 25 cites 1 John 5:19

   …answer hold, if any affirm, that it belongs only to the lowest class? “Consider likewise 1 John 5:19: ‘We know that we are of God.’ How? ’By the Spirit that he hath given us.’ Nay, ‘hereby…

7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   On Friendship with the World cites 1 John 5:19

   …verse 19, “We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the wicked one.” [1 John 5:19] Here “the world” plainly means, those that are not of God, and who, consequently “Lie in…

8. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   Sanctification cites I John 5:19

   …The greatest part of the world remains unsanctified. ‘The world lies in wickedness.’ I John 5:19. That is, the major par of the world. Many call themselves Christians, but blot out the…