And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.
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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
AD 550
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; "
