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You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/nlt/acts/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord? <a href="/esv/acts/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/bsb/acts/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/blb/acts/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> said, "O full of all deceit and all craft, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways the of Lord? <a href="/kjv/acts/13.htm">King James Bible</a> And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/nkjv/acts/13.htm">New King James Version</a> and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/nasb_/acts/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/nasb/acts/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> and said, &#8220You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/nasb77/acts/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/lsb/acts/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/amp/acts/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/csb/acts/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and said, “You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/hcsb/acts/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and said, &#8220You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won&#8217t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/asv/acts/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/cev/acts/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and said, "You son of the devil! You are a liar, a crook, and an enemy of everything that is right. When will you stop speaking against the true ways of the Lord? <a href="/erv/acts/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/gwt/acts/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> and said, "You are full of dirty tricks and schemes, you son of the devil! You hate everything that has God's approval. Quit trying to distort the truth about the way the Lord wants people to live. <a href="/gnt/acts/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> and said, "You son of the Devil! You are the enemy of everything that is good. You are full of all kinds of evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn the Lord's truths into lies! <a href="/isv/acts/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> and said, "You're full of every form of deception and trickery, you son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right! You'll never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord, will you? <a href="/msb/acts/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/net/acts/13.htm">NET Bible</a> and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness--will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/nheb/acts/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and said, "Full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/wbt/acts/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And said, O full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/wey/acts/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/web/acts/13.htm">World English Bible</a> and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> said, “O full of all guile, and all recklessness, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the right ways of the LORD? <a href="/blb/acts/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> said, "O full of all deceit and all craft, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways the of Lord? <a href="/ylt/acts/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> said, 'O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/slt/acts/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Said: O full of all guile, and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceasest not to pervert the right ways of the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/acts/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and he said: “So full of every deceit and of all falsehoods, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, you never cease to subvert the righteous ways of the Lord! <a href="/nabre/acts/13.htm">New American Bible</a> and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right, full of every sort of deceit and fraud. Will you not stop twisting the straight paths of [the] Lord? <a href="/nrsvce/acts/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And said, O man full of every kind of subtlety and of all evil things, you son of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the LORD? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And he said, “Oh, full of all treacheries and all evils! Son of The Devil and enemy of all righteousness! You do not cease to twist the straight ways of THE LORD JEHOVAH!<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> said: full of all deceit and all wickedness, child of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/godbey/acts/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> said, O thou full of all guile and rascality, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of God? <a href="/haweis/acts/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> said, O thou full of all guile and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the strait ways of the Lord? <a href="/mace/acts/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and said, "thou heap of imposture and mischief, offspring of the devil, and enemy to all justice, wilt thou not cease to pervers men from the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/wey/acts/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never cease to misrepresent the straight paths of the Lord? <a href="/worrell/acts/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> said, "O full of all guile, and all villainy, son of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/worsley/acts/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> said, O thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, who art full of all deceit and craft, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? <a href="/parallel/acts/13-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=4146" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/13.htm">On Cyprus</a> …9Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10<a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">and said,</a> <a href="/greek/5599.htm" title="5599: Ō (I) -- A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh.">“O</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: huie (N-VMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">child</a> <a href="/greek/1228.htm" title="1228: diabolou (Adj-GMS) -- From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan.">of the devil</a> <a href="/greek/2190.htm" title="2190: echthre (Adj-VMS) -- Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary.">and enemy</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of all</a> <a href="/greek/1343.htm" title="1343: dikaiosynēs (N-GFS) -- From dikaios; equity; specially justification.">righteousness,</a> <a href="/greek/4134.htm" title="4134: plērēs (Adj-VMS) -- Full, abounding in, complete, completely occupied with. From pletho; replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete.">you are full</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantos (Adj-GMS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of all kinds</a> <a href="/greek/1388.htm" title="1388: dolou (N-GMS) -- Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile.">of deceit</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole."></a> <a href="/greek/4468.htm" title="4468: rhadiourgias (N-GFS) -- Craftiness, villainy, recklessness, wickedness. From the same as rhaidiourgema; recklessness, i.e. malignity.">trickery!</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3973.htm" title="3973: pausē (V-FIM-2S) -- A primary verb; to stop, i.e. Restrain, quit, desist, come to an end.">Will you never stop</a> <a href="/greek/1294.htm" title="1294: diastrephōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To pervert, corrupt, oppose, distort. From dia and strepho; to distort, i.e. misinterpret, or corrupt.">perverting</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2117.htm" title="2117: eutheias (Adj-AFP) -- Perhaps from eu and tithemi; straight, i.e. level, or true; adverbially at once.">straight</a> <a href="/greek/3598.htm" title="3598: hodous (N-AFP) -- A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.">ways</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord?</a> 11Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/23-15.htm">Matthew 23:15</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm">2 Corinthians 11:14-15</a> And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. / It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions. <a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">1 John 3:8</a> 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. <a href="/matthew/13-38.htm">Matthew 13:38</a> The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:9-10</a> The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a> Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. <a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a> And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. <a href="/revelation/20-10.htm">Revelation 20:10</a> And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a> Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a> These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. <a href="/jeremiah/5-27.htm">Jeremiah 5:27-28</a> Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. <a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a> And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.” <a href="/ezekiel/13-22.htm">Ezekiel 13:22</a> Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives, <a href="/micah/3-5.htm">Micah 3:5</a> This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?O full.<a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Acts 8:20-23</a> But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money… <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:3</a> This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.<a href="/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?thou child.<a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And 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.<a href="/matthew/13-38.htm">Matthew 13:38</a> The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;<a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.will.<a href="/acts/20-30.htm">Acts 20:30</a> Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.<a href="/jeremiah/23-36.htm">Jeremiah 23:36</a> And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.<a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a> But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.the right.<a href="/acts/18-25.htm">Acts 18:25,26</a> This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John… <a href="/genesis/18-19.htm">Genesis 18:19</a> For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; 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The term "child" (Greek: τέκνον, teknon) implies a close relationship or resemblance. In this context, it signifies that the person being addressed, Elymas the sorcerer, embodies the characteristics of the devil. The devil, or Satan, is often depicted in Scripture as the ultimate adversary of God and His people, a deceiver and accuser. By calling Elymas a "child of the devil," Paul is highlighting his opposition to God's truth and his alignment with evil.enemy of all righteousness The word "enemy" (Greek: ἐχθρός, echthros) denotes hostility and opposition. Righteousness (Greek: δικαιοσύνη, dikaiosynē) refers to the quality of being morally right or justifiable, often associated with God's nature and His standards. Elymas is described as an adversary to all that is good and just, opposing the very essence of God's character and His righteous ways. This phrase underscores the spiritual battle between good and evil, with Elymas positioned firmly against God's purposes.full of deceit and trickery "Full" (Greek: πλήρης, plērēs) indicates being filled to capacity, suggesting that Elymas is completely consumed by these negative traits. "Deceit" (Greek: δόλος, dolos) involves cunning and misleading others, while "trickery" (Greek: ῥᾳδιουργία, rhadiourgia) refers to unscrupulous cunning or craftiness. This description paints a picture of Elymas as someone who uses manipulation and lies to achieve his ends, reflecting the devil's own nature as a deceiver.will you never stop perverting The phrase "will you never stop" (Greek: οὐ παύσῃ, ou pausē) suggests a persistent, ongoing action. "Perverting" (Greek: διαστρέφω, diastrephō) means to distort or turn aside from the right path. Paul is confronting Elymas for his continuous efforts to twist and corrupt the truth. This highlights the relentless nature of spiritual opposition and the need for vigilance in maintaining the integrity of the Gospel message.the straight ways of the Lord "Straight" (Greek: εὐθύς, euthys) implies directness and uprightness, often used to describe the paths of righteousness that God sets before His people. "Ways" (Greek: ὁδός, hodos) refers to a course of conduct or a manner of life. The "ways of the Lord" are His teachings and commandments, which are clear and righteous. Elymas's actions are depicted as an attempt to lead others away from these paths, emphasizing the importance of adhering to God's truth and resisting those who seek to lead believers astray.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) Full of all subtilty and all mischief.--The Greek of the second noun is found here only in the New Testament. Its primary meaning expresses simply "ease in working;" but this passed through the several stages of "versatility," "shiftiness," and "trickery." A kindred word is translated in <a href="/acts/18-14.htm" title="And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:">Acts 18:14</a> as "lewdness."Thou child of the devil.--There is, perhaps, an intentional contrast between the meaning of the name Bar-jesus (= son of the Lord who saves) and the character of the man, which led him to oppose righteousness in every form, and to turn "the straight paths of God's making" into the crooked ones of man's subtlety. There is a manifest reference to the words in which Isaiah describes the true preparation of the way of the Lord as consisting in making the crooked straight (<a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm" title="Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:">Isaiah 40:4</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - All guile and all villainy for all subtlety and all mischief, A.V.; son for child, A.V. The word ῤᾳδιουργία, reckless conduct, villainy, wickedness, is only found here in the New Testament. The kindred form (ῤᾳδιούργημα) occurs in <a href="/acts/18-14.htm">Acts 18:14</a>. Thou son of the devil (comp. <a href="/john/8-38.htm">John 8:38, 44</a>; <a href="/1_john/3-10.htm">1 John 3:10</a>). Elymas showed himself a child of the devil in his endeavors to resist the truth of the gospel, and substitute his own falsehoods and imposture. Compare the severity of Peter's language in rebuking Simon Magas (<a href="/acts/8-20.htm">Acts 8:20-23</a>). Probably, too, he accused (διέβαλεν) Paul and Barnabas, and traduced their motives before the proconsul, when he saw his own influence being undermined, and his gains likely to be stopped. <a href="/commentaries/acts/13-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>and said, εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “O Ὦ (Ō) Interjection <a href="/greek/strongs_5599.htm">Strong's 5599: </a> A primary interjection; as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh. child υἱὲ (huie) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of [the] devil διαβόλου (diabolou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1228.htm">Strong's 1228: </a> From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan. [and] enemy ἐχθρὲ (echthre) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2190.htm">Strong's 2190: </a> Hated, hostile; subst: an enemy. From a primary echtho; hateful; usually as a noun, an adversary. of all πάσης (pasēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. righteousness! δικαιοσύνης (dikaiosynēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1343.htm">Strong's 1343: </a> From dikaios; equity; specially justification. [You are] full πλήρης (plērēs) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4134.htm">Strong's 4134: </a> Full, abounding in, complete, completely occupied with. From pletho; replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete. of all kinds παντὸς (pantos) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. of deceit δόλου (dolou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1388.htm">Strong's 1388: </a> Deceit, guile, treachery. From an obsolete primary verb, dello; a trick, i.e. wile. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. trickery. ῥᾳδιουργίας (rhadiourgias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4468.htm">Strong's 4468: </a> Craftiness, villainy, recklessness, wickedness. From the same as rhaidiourgema; recklessness, i.e. malignity. Will you never stop παύσῃ (pausē) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3973.htm">Strong's 3973: </a> A primary verb; to stop, i.e. Restrain, quit, desist, come to an end. perverting διαστρέφων (diastrephōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1294.htm">Strong's 1294: </a> To pervert, corrupt, oppose, distort. From dia and strepho; to distort, i.e. misinterpret, or corrupt. the τὰς (tas) Article - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. straight εὐθείας (eutheias) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2117.htm">Strong's 2117: </a> Perhaps from eu and tithemi; straight, i.e. level, or true; adverbially at once. ways ὁδοὺς (hodous) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3598.htm">Strong's 3598: </a> A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord? Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. 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