Cross references

1 John 3:8

The 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.

1 John 3:8 BSB

1 John 3:8 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 20 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 2:14 (45 votes) and John 8:44 (28 votes). 56 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 20.

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Which verses does 1 John 3:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Hebrews 2:1445 votes

    Now 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,

  2. John 8:4428 votes

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

  3. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

  4. John 12:3121 votes

    Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

  5. John 16:1121 votes

    and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

  6. Romans 16:2021 votes

    The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

  7. 2 Peter 2:414 votes

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

  8. Mark 1:2412 votes

    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

  9. Luke 10:1812 votes

    So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

  10. in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

  11. Isaiah 27:111 votes
  12. 1 John 3:511 votes

    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

  13. The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

  14. 1 John 3:1010 votes

    By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

  15. 1 John 5:1910 votes
  16. Jude 1:68 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 3:8?

The 10 strongest of 56.