James 2:19

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James 2:19

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

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James 2:8

Mark 7:9

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Jesus answer'd him, the first of all the commandments is thus deliver'd, "hear, o Israel, the lord our God is the only lord.

and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

since it is one God, who will justify both the Jews and the Gentiles, through faith.

As to the eating therefore of what is offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that the heathen deities have no real existence, and that there is but one God.

now a mediator supposes two parties, of which God is but one.

there is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

for there is but one God, and but one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

For certain men have insinuated themselves among you, who were formerly proscrib'd to be punish'd; impious men, who pervert the divine favour to licentiousness, and renounce their only master, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

Thou doest

If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well.

You are in the right, said he, to abolish the laws of God, to make way for such traditions.

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and they roar'd out, Jesus, thou son of God, what injury have we done you? are you come here to torment us before the time?

what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to torment us? I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God.

and crying with a loud voice, said, "what injury have I done you, Jesus, thou son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, not to torment me."

what business have you with us, Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know who you are; the saint of God.

as she followed Paul and the rest of us, she cried out, these men are the servants of the most high God, who show you the way to salvation.

but the evil spirit said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?"

but as he was treating of justice, temperance, and a future judgment, Felix greatly alarm'd, said, "withdraw for the present; and when I am at leisure, I will send for you."

and the angels which kept not their original dignity, but deserted their proper abode, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, to the judgment of the great day.

and he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years,