All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.