And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

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

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you. . . .

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. . . .

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.

If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.