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Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil.(A)

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The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(A) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(B) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(C)

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14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,(A)

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14 Since the children have flesh and blood,(A) he too shared in their humanity(B) so that by his death he might break the power(C) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil(D)

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44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do 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 lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A)

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44 You belong to your father, the devil,(A) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.(B) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(C)

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15 He disarmed[a] the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.(A)

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  1. 2.15 Or divested himself of

15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities,(A) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them(B) by the cross.[a]

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  1. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him

20 The God of peace will shortly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.[a](A)

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  1. 16.20 Other ancient authorities lack this sentence

20 The God of peace(A) will soon crush(B) Satan(C) under your feet.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.(D)

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11 about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.(A)

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11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world(A) now stands condemned.

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31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.(A)

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31 Now is the time for judgment on this world;(A) now the prince of this world(B) will be driven out.

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For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell and committed them to chains[a] of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment;(A)

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  1. 2.4 Other ancient authorities read pits

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(A) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(B)

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  1. 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
  2. 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons

24 and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.”(A)

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24 “What do you want with us,(A) Jesus of Nazareth?(B) Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”(C)

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in which you once walked, following the course of this world,[a] following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.[b](A)

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  1. 2.2 Gk according to the aeon
  2. 2.2 Gk sons of disobedience

in which you used to live(A) when you followed the ways of this world(B) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(C) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(D)

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18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.(A)

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18 He replied, “I saw Satan(A) fall like lightning from heaven.(B)

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Israel’s Redemption

27 On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.(A)

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Deliverance of Israel

27 In that day,(A)

the Lord will punish with his sword(B)
    his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan(C) the gliding serpent,(D)
    Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster(E) of the sea.

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10 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.(A)

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10 This is how we know who the children of God(A) are and who the children of the devil(B) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(C) their brother and sister.(D)

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