1 John 3:8

God's Word

The person who lives a sinful life belongs to the devil, because the devil has been committing sin since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God appeared was to destroy what the devil does.

Cross References

Hebrews 2:14

Since all of these sons and daughters have flesh and blood, Jesus took on flesh and blood to be like them. He did this so that by dying he would destroy the one who had power over death (that is, the devil).

John 8:44

You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.

Colossians 2:15

He stripped the rulers and authorities ⌞of their power⌟ and made a public spectacle of them as he celebrated his victory in Christ.

Romans 16:20

The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. May the good will  of our Lord Jesus be with you!

John 16:11

He will convince the world that God judges it, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

John 12:31

“This world is being judged now. The ruler of this world will be thrown out now.

2 Peter 2:4

God didn’t spare angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, where he has secured them with chains of darkness and is holding them for judgment.

Mark 1:24

“What do you want with us, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

Ephesians 2:2

You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord will use his fierce and powerful sword to punish Leviathan, that slippery snake, Leviathan, that twisting snake. He will kill that monster which lives in the sea.

Luke 10:18

Jesus said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

1 John 3:10

This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world. The good seeds are those who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one.

Revelation 20:10

The devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were also thrown. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ appeared in order to take away our sins. He isn’t sinful.

Revelation 20:15

Those whose names were not found in the Book of Life were thrown into the fiery lake.

Jude 1:6

He held angels for judgment on the great day. They were held in darkness, bound by eternal chains. These are the angels who didn’t keep their position of authority but abandoned their assigned place.

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

Matthew 4:3

The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

Matthew 12:28

But if I force demons out with the help of God’s Spirit, then God’s kingdom has come to you.

1 Timothy 3:16

The mystery that gives us our reverence for God is acknowledged to be great: He  appeared in his human nature, was approved by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was announced throughout the nations, was believed in the world, and was taken to heaven in glory.

Hebrews 9:26

Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once to remove sin by his sacrifice.

1 John 1:2

This life was revealed to us. We have seen it, and we testify about it. We are reporting to you about this eternal life that was in the presence of the Father and was revealed to us.

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. People looked at the bronze snake after they were bitten, and they lived.