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THE GOD OF PEACE WILL CRUSH SATAN
Passage:
Romans 16:17-20
Key verse: 20
NIV
17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.(A) Keep away from them.(B) 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(C) but their own appetites.(D) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(E) the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard(F) about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.(G)
20 The God of peace(H) will soon crush(I) Satan(J) under your feet.
The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.(K)
Cross references
- Romans 16:17 : Gal 1:8, 9; 1Ti 1:3; 6:3
- Romans 16:17 : Mt 18:15-17; 1Co 5:11; 2Th 3:6, 14; 2Ti 3:5; Tit 3:10; 2Jn 10
- Romans 16:18 : Ro 14:18
- Romans 16:18 : Php 3:19
- Romans 16:18 : 2Sa 15:6; Ps 12:2; Isa 30:10; Col 2:4
- Romans 16:19 : Ro 1:8
- Romans 16:19 : S 1Co 14:20
- Romans 16:20 : S Ro 15:33
- Romans 16:20 : Ge 3:15
- Romans 16:20 : S Mt 4:10
- Romans 16:20 : 2Co 13:14; S Gal 6:18; 1Th 5:28; Rev 22:21
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ESV
Final Instructions and Greetings
17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles (A)contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; (B)avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but (C)their own appetites,[a] and (D)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 19 For (E)your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you (F)to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. 20 (G)The God of peace (H)will soon crush Satan under your feet. (I)The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly
Cross references
- Romans 16:17 : 1 Tim. 1:3; 6:3
- Romans 16:17 : See 2 John 10
- Romans 16:18 : Phil. 3:19; [2 Tim. 3:4; Titus 1:12]
- Romans 16:18 : Col. 2:4; 2 Pet. 2:3
- Romans 16:19 : ch. 1:8
- Romans 16:19 : [Jer. 4:22]; See Matt. 10:16
- Romans 16:20 : See ch. 15:33
- Romans 16:20 : Gen. 3:15; [Luke 10:17-19; Rev. 12:11]
- Romans 16:20 : 1 Cor. 16:23
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1. Be both wise and innocent (17-19)
Satan is always busy trying to sow doubt and discord among brothers. Especially, he makes use of those who enjoy the peace salvation brings but dislike the cross of mission. Such people try to justify their selfish lives by encouraging others to join them. We must keep God's word in our hearts and not be deceived. We must ask God to crush Satan under our feet.
2. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you (20)
God promised to crush Satan's head (Ge 3:15). He sent Jesus to die on the cross, and raised him from death to do this. God's grace given us through our Lord Jesus Christ saves us from sin and fills our lives with God's love. Grace is a free gift of love. If the grace of Jesus is with us in all of our relationships and in all our activities, we have victory and joy.
Prayer: Lord, crush Satan's ugly head when it rises in my heart. Fill me with the grace of forgiveness and the grace of your love and the grace of mission.
One Word: The grace of Jesus be with you
