1 John 3:8

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Whoever practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Cross References

Matthew 12:28

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. The tares are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 4:3

Then the tempter came up to him and said, “If yoʋ are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.”

Mark 1:24

“Leave us alone! What do yoʋ have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have yoʋ come to destroy us? I know who yoʋ are—the Holy One of God.”

Luke 10:18

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

John 12:31

Now is the judgment of this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

John 16:11

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks lies, he speaks from his own character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 16:20

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

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked when you followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the realm of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 2:15

He stripped the rulers and authorities of their power and made a public display of them, leading a triumphal procession over them by the cross.

1 Timothy 3:16

Beyond all question, great is the mystery of godliness: God was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.

Hebrews 2:14

Therefore, since the children all have flesh and blood, Jesus himself took on flesh and blood as well, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 9:26

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus and committed them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;

1 John 1:2

This life was revealed; we have seen it, and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and that was revealed to us.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:5

But you know that he appeared in order to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Jude 1:6

And the angels who did not keep within their proper domain, but left their own dwelling, he has kept under darkness in everlasting chains for the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 20:10

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

Revelation 20:15

If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.