Persecutions Predicted

16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.(A)

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But I fear that, as the serpent(A) deceived(B) Eve(C) by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure[a] devotion to Christ.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:3 Other mss omit and pure

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent,(A) who is called the Devil[a] and Satan,[b](B) the one who deceives the whole world.(C) He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 12:9 In Gk, diabolos means slanderer.
  2. Revelation 12:9 In Hb, Satan means adversary.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan,[a](A) and bound(B) him for 1,000 years.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:2 Other mss add who deceives the whole world

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