²⁷ and do not give the devil a foothold.^(A)

⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,^(A) and he will flee from you.

⁸ Be alert and of sober mind.^(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around^(B) like a roaring lion^(C) looking for someone to devour.

¹¹ Put on the full armor of God,^(A) so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,^(A) with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.^(B)

¹⁰ Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, ¹¹ in order that Satan^(A) might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.^(B)

³ Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan^(A) has so filled your heart^(B) that you have lied to the Holy Spirit^(C) and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?^(D)