And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
And the whole world is seated in wickedness; i.e. a great part of the world. It may also signify, is under the wicked one; meaning the devil, who is elsewhere called the prince of this world, that is, of all the wicked. (John xii. 31.) (Witham)
"As then, when the days of our present life shall fail, those good deeds of beneficence to which we have attained in this unrighteous life, and in this "world "which "lieth in wickedness"
To remain altogether without experience of ill. For, as one says, the whole world lieth in wickedness; ".
For in the most general application it holds good, that it does not appear to be possible for any man to remain altogether without experience of ill: for, as one says, "The whole world lieth in wickedness; "
