1 John 3:8

American Standard Version (1901)

he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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  • John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
  • Heb 2:14 : 14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
  • John 16:11 : 11 of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
  • Matt 13:38 : 38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one] ;
  • Mark 1:24 : 24 saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
  • Luke 10:18 : 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
  • John 12:31 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
  • Col 2:15 : 15 having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
  • Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
  • Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut [it], and sealed [it] over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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  • 1 John 3:9-12
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    9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

    11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

    12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

  • 1 John 3:4-7
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    4Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

    5And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

    7[ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

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    44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

  • 1 John 5:17-19
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    17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

    18We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

  • 1 John 1:5-10
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    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • John 8:34
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    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

  • Heb 2:14
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    14Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

  • John 3:18-21
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    18He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

    21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

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    1My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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  • 2 John 1:7-9
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    7For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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    11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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  • 1 John 2:12-16
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    12I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

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    14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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  • Mark 3:26-27
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    3and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

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    21Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

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    1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

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    16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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    9of sin, because they believe not on me;

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    3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

  • Gal 1:4
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    4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father: