and they may come to their senses[and escape] from the snareof the devil,having been held captiveby him to do his will.
And he musthavea goodreputationwith thoseoutside[the church], sothat he will not fallinto reproachand the snareof the devil.
Our soulhas escapedas a birdout of the snareof the trapper;The snareis brokenand we have escaped.
For this reasonit says,"Awake,sleeper,And arisefrom the dead,And Christwill shineon you."
"Manywill stumbleover them, Then they will falland be broken;They will even be snaredand caught."
And the greatdragonwas throwndown, the serpentof oldwho is calledthe deviland Satan,who deceivesthe wholeworld;he was throwndown to the earth,and his angelswere throwndown with him.
Then the LORDsaidto Satan,"Behold,allthat he has is in your power,onlydo not putforthyour handon him." So Satandepartedfrom the presenceof the LORD.
Among theseare Hymenaeusand Alexander,whomI have handed overto Satan,sothat they will be taughtnot to blaspheme.
For He rescuedus from the domainof darkness,and transferredus to the kingdomof His belovedSon,
Become sober-mindedas you ought,and stopsinning;for somehaveno knowledgeof God.I speak[this] to your shame.
to opentheir eyesso that they may turnfrom darknessto lightand from the dominionof Satanto God,that they may receiveforgivenessof sinsand an inheritanceamongthosewho have been sanctifiedby faithin Me.'
But Petersaid,"Ananias,whyhas Satanfilledyour heartto lieto the HolySpiritand to keep back[some] of the priceof the land?
Afterthe morsel,Satanthenenteredinto him. ThereforeJesussaidto him, "Whatyou do,doquickly."
Duringsupper,the devilhaving alreadyputinto the heartof JudasIscariot,[the son] of Simon,to betrayHim,
"But when he cameto his senses,he said,'How manyof my father'shired menhave more than enoughbread,but I am dyingherewith hunger!
"Whena strong[man], fully armed,guardshis ownhouse,his possessionsare undisturbed.
Therefore,I will allotHim a portionwith the great,And He will dividethe bootywith the strong;BecauseHe pouredout Himselfto death,And was numberedwith the transgressors;Yet He Himselfborethe sinof many,And intercededfor the transgressors.
So the wordof the LORDto them will be, "Orderon order,orderon order,Lineon line,lineon line,A littlehere,a littlethere,"That they may goand stumblebackward,be broken,snaredand takencaptive.
So the LORDsaidto Satan,"Behold,he is in your power,onlysparehis life."
sothat noadvantage would be takenof us by Satan,for we are not ignorantof his schemes.
and soalso[were] Jamesand John,sonsof Zebedee,whowere partnerswith Simon.And Jesussaidto Simon,"Do not fear,from nowon you will be catchingmen."
