8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8
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1 John 3:3–5
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John 8:43–45
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1 John 2:21–23
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1 John 5:17–19
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1 John 3:11–13
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2 John 1:6–8
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