1 John 3:8

Good News Translation

Whoever continues to sin belongs to the Devil, because the Devil has sinned from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for this very reason, to destroy what the Devil had done.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel.”

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord will use his powerful and deadly sword to punish Leviathan, that wriggling, twisting dragon, and to kill the monster that lives in the sea.

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten would look at the bronze snake and be healed.

Matthew 12:28

No, it is not Beelzebul, but God's Spirit, who gives me the power to drive out demons, which proves that the Kingdom of God has already come upon you.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

Matthew 4:3

Then the Devil came to him and said, “If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn into bread.”

Mark 1:24

“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Are you here to destroy us? I know who you are—you are God's holy messenger!”

Luke 10:18

Jesus answered them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

John 12:31

Now is the time for this world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be overthrown.

John 16:11

and they are wrong about judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Romans 16:20

And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Ephesians 2:2

At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God.

Colossians 2:15

And on that cross Christ freed himself from the power of the spiritual rulers and authorities; he made a public spectacle of them by leading them as captives in his victory procession.

1 Timothy 3:16

No one can deny how great is the secret of our religion: He appeared in human form, was shown to be right by the Spirit, and was seen by angels. He was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, and was taken up to heaven.

Hebrews 2:14

Since the children, as he calls them, are people of flesh and blood, Jesus himself became like them and shared their human nature. He did this so that through his death he might destroy the Devil, who has the power over death,

Hebrews 9:26

for then he would have had to suffer many times ever since the creation of the world. Instead, now when all ages of time are nearing the end, he has appeared once and for all, to remove sin through the sacrifice of himself.

2 Peter 2:4

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

1 John 1:2

When this life became visible, we saw it; so we speak of it and tell you about the eternal life which was with the Father and was made known to us.

1 John 3:10

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ appeared in order to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.

Jude 1:6

Remember the angels who did not stay within the limits of their proper authority, but abandoned their own dwelling place: they are bound with eternal chains in the darkness below, where God is keeping them for that great Day on which they will be condemned.

Revelation 20:10

Then the Devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:15

Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire.