Appendix D

Standing Firm against Satan

• “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7).
• “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
• “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation” (Matthew 26:41).
• “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).
• “Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world” (1 Peter 5:9).
• “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11).
• “Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14).
• “Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil” (Matthew 4:1).
• “The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, 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” (Revelation 12:9).
• “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13).
• “I can do all things through him who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).
• “Because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted” (Hebrews 2:18).
• “Give no opportunity to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27).
• “Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8).
• “Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14).
• “The devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).