{Of God} (ek tou theou). See  3:10  4:6  for this idiom.
{Lieth in the evil one} (en t(9369) pon(8872)(9369) keitai). Present middle
indicative of the defective verb keimai, to lie, as in  Lu
2:12 . Pon(8872)(9369) is masculine, like ho pon(8872)os 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.