⁴⁰ And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt^[a] generation!”^(A)

Demonic Influence

4 Now the Spirit^(A) explicitly says that in later times^(B) some will depart from the faith,^(C) paying attention to deceitful spirits^(D) and the teachings of demons,^(E)

⁴⁴ You are of your father the Devil,^(A) and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer^(B) from the beginning^(C) and has not stood in the truth,^(D) because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,^[a] because he is a liar and the father of liars.^[b]

¹³ Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs^(A) coming from the dragon’s mouth,^(B) from the beast’s mouth,^(C) and from the mouth of the false prophet.^(D)