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20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus[a] be with you.

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  1. 16:20 Some manuscripts read Lord Jesus Christ.

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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19 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.

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19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes(A) and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

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But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.

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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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15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike[a] your head,
    and you will strike his heel.”

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  1. 3:15 Or bruise; also in 3:15b.

15 And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a](A) and hers;(B)
he will crush[b] your head,(C)
    and you will strike his heel.”

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  1. Genesis 3:15 Or seed
  2. Genesis 3:15 Or strike

On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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Then you will trample(A) on the wicked; they will be ashes(B) under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

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They will be like mighty warriors in battle,
    trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet.
Since the Lord is with them as they fight,
    they will overthrow even the enemy’s horsemen.

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Together they[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.(A)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.(B)

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  1. Zechariah 10:5 Or ruler, all of them together. / They

10 Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens,

“It has come at last—
    salvation and power
and the Kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Christ.[a]
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters[b]
    has been thrown down to earth—
the one who accuses them
    before our God day and night.

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  1. 12:10a Or his Messiah.
  2. 12:10b Greek brothers.

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven(A) say:

“Now have come the salvation(B) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,(C)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.

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14 Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had[a] the power of death. 15 Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

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  1. 2:14 Or has.

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) 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(E) of death.

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33 And now may God, who gives us his peace, be with you all. Amen.[a]

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  1. 15:33 Some manuscripts do not include Amen. One very early manuscript places 16:25-27 here.

33 The God of peace(A) be with you all. Amen.

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21 May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s holy people.[a]

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  1. 22:21 Other manuscripts read be with all; still others read be with all of God’s holy people. Some manuscripts add Amen.

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people.(A) Amen.

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28 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.(A)

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The Thousand Years

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit[a] and a heavy chain in his hand. He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years. The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he must be released for a little while.

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  1. 20:1 Or the abyss, or the underworld; also in 20:3.

The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,(A) having the key(B) to the Abyss(C) and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,(D) and bound him for a thousand years.(E) He threw him into the Abyss,(F) and locked and sealed(G) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations(H) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

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18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.(A)

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