1Jo 3:8-9 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

b Heb. 2:14; [Gen. 3:15; Luke 10:18; John 16:11]

1 John 3:8-9

8 ^aWhoever 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 ^bto destroy the works of the devil. 9 ^cNo one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s ^{▼▼Greek his} seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.