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NASB | 1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:19 We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts]. |
Bible Question:
Like many through the ages I have considered the question of where evil came from. I have read a bit on it in and out of scriptures but I have found no answer to this question. Why was Satan evil? How did it get in the universe at all? Can anyone help? |
Bible Answer: Hello wordsmith1970, Here is something in addition to what Makarios presented that sheds some light on the originator of lies, which is a sin. John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Rev. 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: I think that sin is within the overall realm of evil, as it were and satan is the father. CDBJ |