The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Parallel translations
- WEB And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- KJV And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- NKJV And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
- NASB The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
- NLT The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
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Quick answer
Paul promises that the God of peace will soon crush Satan under the believers' feet, then prays for the grace of the Lord Jesus to be with them. It assures Christians of certain victory over evil through God's grace.
Overview
Echoing the first promise of redemption in Genesis 3:15, that the serpent's head would be crushed, Paul applies that triumph to the church, who share in Christ's victory. The 'God of peace' will defeat the great divider, fittingly tied to the warning against those sowing discord. Paul's closing blessing grounds this hope not in the believers' strength but in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, through whom Satan is already and finally defeated.
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- Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- 1 Jn 3:8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
- Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- Zech 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Mal 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
- Heb 2:14–15Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Rev 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
- Rom 15:33The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
- 1 Th 5:28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- Rom 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- Phil 4:23The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- Rev 20:1–3Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
- 2 Th 3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
- Gal 6:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
- Isa 25:8–12He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- 2 Tim 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
- 1 Cor 16:23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
- Phlm 1:25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Isa 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- 1 Cor 16:2–4On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
- Rom 16:23Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
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