7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. ^fResist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Warning Against Worldliness

1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions¹ are ^yat war within you?²

8 ^aBe sober-minded; ^bbe watchful. Your ^cadversary the devil ^dprowls around ^elike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 ^fResist him, ^gfirm in your faith, knowing that ^hthe same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

27 and ^xgive no opportunity to the devil.

11 ^gPut on ^hthe whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against ⁱthe schemes of the devil.