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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 5:19 - 5:19
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19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Ver. 19. Lieth in wickedness] As a lubber in a lake, as a carcase in its slime. In fermento tota iacet uxor, My wife lies down entirely drunk, saith he in Plautus. "This people is wholly set upon wickedness," said Aaron, Exo_32:22, is under the power and vassalage of the devil; Nil mundum in mundo. Nihil aliud est totus mundus ante conversionem, nisi aut hara porcorum, aut colluvies rabidorum canum, saith Austin. The whole world, before conversion, is not better than a filthy hog sty, or a kennel of mad dogs.