What does the Bible say about satan?
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The Bible teaches that Satan is a real but defeated enemy who opposes God, deceives people, and seeks to draw them from faith, yet remains under Christ’s sovereign authority. He is called a liar and murderer in John 8:44, and 2 Corinthians 4:4 describes his blinding influence over unbelief. Christians are therefore urged to be watchful, resist him in faith, and put on God’s armor, as 1 Peter 5:8, James 4:7, and Ephesians 6:11 teach. Satan may disguise evil as light and tempt believers toward deception, but Christ came to destroy his works. Revelation 12:9 and Romans 16:20 assure the church that God’s final victory over him is certain.
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- 1 Peter 5:8 5 votes
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- 1 John 3:8 4 votes
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
- John 8:44 3 votes
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
- 2 Corinthians 11:14 3 votes
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
- James 4:7 3 votes
Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Revelation 12:9 2 votes
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
- Romans 16:20 2 votes
And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 votes
in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 2 votes
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Ephesians 6:11 2 votes
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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