1 Peter 5:8

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Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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“Babylon” appears in the closing greeting of 1 Peter 5:13, likely as a symbolic name for Rome, the imperial center opposing God’s people. This setting heightens Peter’s warning in 5:8: believers living amid hostile powers must remain spiritually alert against the devil

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1 Peter 5:8 mentions Babylon.