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Where is “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” in the Bible?
“Resist the devil and he will flee from you” is James 4:7. James writes it in his letter to Jewish believers scattered abroad.
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The verse, who says it, and what it means there.
In the Bible
It is James 4:7.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
James writes it in his letter to Jewish believers scattered abroad.
The verse
So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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What it means there
The verse has two halves, and the first comes first: submit to God. Resisting the devil is what a person does from under God’s authority, not on their own.
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Where is “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” in the Bible?
“Resist the devil and he will flee from you” is James 4:7. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. James writes it in his letter to Jewish believers scattered abroad.
Is “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” in the Bible?
Yes. It is James 4:7. In the Lumin Translation, James 4:7 reads: “So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Who said “Resist the devil and he will flee from you”?
James writes it in his letter to Jewish believers scattered abroad.
What does “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” mean in the Bible?
The verse has two halves, and the first comes first: submit to God. Resisting the devil is what a person does from under God’s authority, not on their own.
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