1 John 5:19 — 'the whole world lies under the power of the evil one' clinches the meaning of 'whole world' in 1 John 2:2
Winger uses 1 John 5:19 to confirm 'the whole world' in 1 John 2:2 refers to ungodly humanity.
1 John 5:19: 'we are from God and the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.' The exact phrase 'the whole world' (holos ho kosmos) used here clearly refers to ungodly humanity under Satan's dominion. Since the same phrase appears in 1 John 2:2, it also means all ungodly humanity — supporting universal extent of propitiation, not a reference to scattered Gentile believers.
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1 Timothy 2:11-15
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1 Timothy 2:1-7
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1 John 2:2
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