Matthew 5:37
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37 But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’[a] Anything more than this is from the evil one.(A)
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- Matthew 5:37 Say what you mean and mean what you say
Matthew 6:13
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13 And do not bring us into[a] temptation,(A)
but deliver us from the evil one.[b](B)
[For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.][c]
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- Matthew 6:13 Or do not cause us to come into
- Matthew 6:13 Or from evil
- Matthew 6:13 Other mss omit bracketed text
Matthew 13:19
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19 When anyone hears the word[a] about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.(A)
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- Matthew 13:19 Gk logos = word, or message, or saying, or thing
Matthew 13:38
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38 the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,(A)
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John 17:15
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15 I am not praying
that You take them out of the world
but that You protect them from the evil one.(A)
Ephesians 6:16
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16 In every situation take the shield(A) of faith,(B)
and with it you will be able to extinguish
all the flaming arrows of the evil one.(C)
1 John 2:13-14
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13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.(A)
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have had victory over the evil one.(B)
14 I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word(C) remains in you,
and you have had victory over the evil one.
1 John 3:12
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12 unlike Cain,(A) who was of the evil one(B) and murdered[a] his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
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- 1 John 3:12 Or slaughtered
1 John 5:18-19
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Conclusion
18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One[a] who is born of God keeps him,[b][c](A) and the evil one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.
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- 1 John 5:18 Jesus Christ
- 1 John 5:18 Other mss read himself
- 1 John 5:18 Or the one who is born of God keeps himself
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