John 8:40
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40 but now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
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John 8:26
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26 I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”(A)
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Galatians 4:29
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29 But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.(A)
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Revelation 12:12-13
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12 Rejoice then, you heavens
and those who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and the sea,
for the devil has come down to you
with great wrath
because he knows that his time is short!”(A)
The Dragon Fights Again on Earth
13 So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued[a] the woman who had delivered the male child.
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- 12.13 Or persecuted
Galatians 4:16
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16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
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Revelation 12:17
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17 Then the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to wage war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.(A)
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Revelation 12:4
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4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to deliver a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.(A)
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1 John 3:12-15
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12 We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13 Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.(A) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love abides in death.(B) 15 All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.(C)
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Romans 4:12
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12 and likewise the ancestor of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.
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John 8:56
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56 Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.”(A)
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John 8:37-38
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37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham, yet you look for an opportunity to kill me because there is no place in you for my word. 38 I declare what I have seen in the Father’s presence; as for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father.”[a](A)
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- 8.38 Other ancient authorities read you do what you have heard from your father
Psalm 37:32
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32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(A)
Psalm 37:12
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12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them,(A)
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