Joh 8:44, 1Jo 3:10 | ESV | STEP | You are of your father the devil , and your will is to do your father’s desires . He was a murderer from the beginning , and does not stand in the truth , because there is no truth in him . When he lies , he speaks out of his own character , for he is a liar and the father of lies .

John 8:44

44 ^aYou are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. ^bHe was a murderer from the beginning, and ^cdoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^dWhen he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^enor is the one who ^fdoes not love his brother.