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And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Romans 16:20 · King James Version
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.
  • BSB The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
  • 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.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 24

  • Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
  • 1 Jn 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
  • Zech 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
  • Mal 4:3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
  • Heb 2:14–15Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
  • Rev 22:21The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
  • Rom 15:33Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
  • 1 Th 5:28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
  • Rom 8:37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
  • Phil 4:23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
  • Rev 20:1–3And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
  • 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
  • 2 Th 3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
  • Gal 6:18Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
  • Isa 25:8–12He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
  • 2 Tim 4:22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
  • 1 Cor 16:23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
  • Phlm 1:25The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
  • Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
  • Isa 63:3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
  • 1 Cor 16:2–4Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
  • Rom 16:23Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

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Christ at the center

Paul unfolds the gospel in full: Christ our righteousness received by faith, the second Adam in whom many are made righteous, in whose death and resurrection we are buried and raised.

How Romans 16:20 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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