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• James 4:7

  James 4:7 is the exhortation in the Epistle of James that if believers submit to God and resist the devil, the devil will flee from them. It is frequently quoted in sermons and prayers dealing with temptation and spiritual warfare. Interpretation centers on how "submitting" and "resisting" relate to each other.

• Beelzebub

  Beelzebub (Beelzebul) is a name used in the New Testament Gospels for the "prince of the devils." It is generally thought to derive from Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron mentioned in 2 Kings.

• Temptation of Christ

  The temptation of Christ is the event in which Jesus Christ, after his baptism, fasted for forty days in the wilderness and was tempted by the devil. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• Matthew 4

  Matthew 4 is the chapter in which Jesus is tempted by the devil in the wilderness, goes to Galilee and begins to preach, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," and calls four fishermen to be his disciples.

• Hebrews 2:14–17

  A passage explaining that Christ took on the same flesh and blood as human beings in order to destroy the devil, who held the power of death, and to become a high priest who deals with the sins of the people. Because it addresses both the Incarnation and the atonement, it is frequently cited in discussions of Christology and the doctrine of the atonement.

• Lake of Fire

  The lake of fire is the place of final judgment described in the Book of Revelation. The beast, the false prophet, the devil, death and Hades, and all whose names are not found written in the book of life are cast into it, and the text calls it "the second death."

• Assumption of Moses

  The Assumption of Moses is a Jewish pseudepigraphal work framed as Moses foretelling Israel's future to Joshua before his death. Early church fathers explained that the account in Jude 1:9 of Michael disputing with the devil came from this book.

• 1 Peter 5

  The final chapter of 1 Peter exhorts the elders to tend the flock and the younger members to be humble. The letter closes with a charge to resist the devil, a doxology, and final greetings that mention Silvanus and Mark.

• 1 John 3:8

  This verse states that whoever commits sin is of the devil and that the Son of God appeared in order to destroy the works of the devil. It is frequently cited in discussions of the purpose of the Incarnation, sanctification, and the believer's relationship to sin.

• Revelation 12:9

  In the vision of war in heaven in Revelation 12, the great dragon is cast down to the earth and identified as "that old serpent," the Devil, and Satan. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the Devil's identity and origin and of when Satan was cast out.

• Luke 4

  Luke 4 recounts how Jesus, after being tempted by the devil in the wilderness, returns to Galilee, reads from the book of Isaiah in the synagogue at Nazareth, and is rejected there. It also describes how he begins his public ministry in Capernaum by casting out demons and healing the sick.

• 1 Peter 5:8–9

  A passage near the end of 1 Peter that urges believers in the midst of suffering to be sober and vigilant and to resist by faith the devil, who, like a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom he may devour. It is frequently cited in discussions of spiritual watchfulness and spiritual warfare.

• Ephesians 6:12

  "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." This is a key verse on spiritual warfare, and denominations differ considerably over how it should be put into practice.

• Revelation 13:1–10

  In this passage John sees in a vision a "beast rising up out of the sea" that receives authority from the dragon, blasphemes God, and persecutes the saints. Interpreters differ widely on the beast's identity, and the passage is frequently cited in discussions of eschatology.

• Fallen Angel

  A fallen angel is a spiritual being originally created by God as a good angel who rebelled against God and fell from its original place. Christian tradition generally identifies Satan and demons as fallen angels.

• Exorcism

  Exorcism is the prayer and rite performed to drive demons out of a person believed to be possessed by evil spirits. In Korean usage the term guma refers mainly to the official rite of the Catholic Church, while Protestants commonly speak of chuksa ("driving out evil," or deliverance).

• James 2:24

  James 2:24 reads, "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." Because it appears to conflict with Paul's teaching of justification by faith alone, it has been a central text in the debate over justification between Protestants and Roman Catholics since the Reformation, as well as within Protestantism itself.

• Archangel

  Archangel means "chief of the angels." In the New Korean Revised Version of the Bible, the term appears only in two New Testament passages, 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and Jude 1:9. Michael is the only being whom Scripture both names and calls an archangel.

• Exorcism

  Exorcism is the casting out, in the name of Jesus Christ and through prayer, of demons believed to enter people and do them harm. In Korean churches it is also commonly called chuksa (逐邪, "driving out evil").

• John 13

  John 13 is the chapter in which, on the evening before Passover, Jesus washes his disciples' feet, foretells Judas Iscariot's betrayal and Peter's denial, and gives the new commandment to love one another.