John 12:31

God's Word

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

Cross References

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.”

Isaiah 49:24

Can loot be taken away from mighty men or prisoners be freed from conquerors?

Matthew 12:28

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

John 14:30

The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he’s coming, so I won’t talk with you much longer.

John 3:19

This is why people are condemned: The light came into the world. Yet, people loved the dark rather than the light because their actions were evil.

John 9:39

Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind.”

Acts 26:18

You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the scholar? Where is the persuasive speaker of our time? Hasn’t God turned the wisdom of the world into nonsense?

1 Corinthians 1:21

The world with its wisdom was unable to recognize God in terms of his own wisdom. So God decided to use the nonsense of the Good News we speak to save those who believe.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. As a result, they don’t see the light of the Good News about Christ’s glory. It is Christ who is God’s image.

Ephesians 6:12

This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world.

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.

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).

1 John 3:8

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.

1 John 4:4

Dear children, you belong to God. So you have won the victory over these people, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 5:19

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