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Where is “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion” in the Bible?
“Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion” is 1 Peter 5:8. Peter writes it to churches in what is now Turkey, who were suffering for their faith.
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It is 1 Peter 5:8.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
Peter writes it to churches in what is now Turkey, who were suffering for their faith.
The verse
Keep a clear head and stay awake. Your opponent, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, searching for someone to swallow up.
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What it means there
Peter tells them to stay alert and to stand firm in the faith, knowing that believers everywhere face the same suffering (1 Peter 5:9).
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Where is “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion” in the Bible?
“Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion” is 1 Peter 5:8. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. Peter writes it to churches in what is now Turkey, who were suffering for their faith.
Is “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion” in the Bible?
Yes. It is 1 Peter 5:8. In the Lumin Translation, 1 Peter 5:8 reads: “Keep a clear head and stay awake. Your opponent, the devil, is on the prowl like a roaring lion, searching for someone to swallow up.”
Who said “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion”?
Peter writes it to churches in what is now Turkey, who were suffering for their faith.
What does “Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion” mean in the Bible?
Peter tells them to stay alert and to stand firm in the faith, knowing that believers everywhere face the same suffering (1 Peter 5:9).
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