1 John 3:8

Children of God

⁸ _m He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, _n that He might destroy the works of the devil.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 13:38
   The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
   John 8:44
   You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
   1 John 3:10
   In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 10:18
   And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
   Hebrews 2:14
   Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.