1Jo 5:19 | RWP | e4.org | Of God ( εκ του θεου ). See ; for this idiom. Lieth in the evil one ( εν τω πονηρω κειτα ). Present middle indicative of the defective verb κειμα , to lie, as in . Πονηρω is masculine, like ο πονηρος in verse . This is a terrible picture of the Graeco-Roman world of the first century A.D., which is confirmed by Paul in Romans 1 and 2 and by Horace, Seneca, Juvenal, Tacitus.

‏ 1 John 5:19

Of God ( εκ του θεου ). See 3:10; 4:6 for this idiom.

Lieth in the evil one ( εν τω πονηρω κειτα ). Present middle indicative of the defective verb κειμα, to lie, as in Lu 2:12. Πονηρω is masculine, like ο πονηρος in verse 18. This is a terrible picture of the Graeco-Roman world of the first century A.D., which is confirmed by Paul in Romans 1 and 2 and by Horace, Seneca, Juvenal, Tacitus.