1 John 3:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

He that

For

2 Peter 2:4

Jude 1:6

This purpose

General references

Bible References

He that

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; for every one who does not work righteousness is not a child of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the Evil One.

"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

in which you passed your lives after the way of this world, under the sway of the Prince of the Powers of the Air, the spirit who is now working among the sons of disobedience.

For

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to chains of darkness, and reserved them for judgment;

while the angels who did not keep their first domain but left their proper abode, are held by him in blank darkness, in everlasting chains, in preparation for the judgment of the Great Day.

This purpose

And you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

"What business have you with us, you Jesus of Nazareth? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God."

And he said to them. "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

Now is a judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be driven out.

because the Prince of this world has been judged.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Principalities and powers he disarmed, and openly displayed them as his trophies, when he triumphed over them in the cross.

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

He gripped the dragon, that old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

General references

"Or how can any one enter the strong man's house and carry off his goods without first binding the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

"Indeed, no one can enter the strong man's house and carry off his property without first binding the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

"For that saying of yours, go home," he replied; "the demon has departed from your daughter."

"but when the stronger man attacks him, he takes away from the strong armor in which he was trusting and divides up the spoil.