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John 8:44 |
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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.
Note 17 at Jn. 8:44: All of us were born in sin (Ps. 51:5; Rom. 5:19) and were therefore "by nature" (Eph. 2:3) the children of the devil. That's the reason we sinned. Our sins don't corrupt our nature, but our corrupt nature makes us sin. That's why we must be "born again" (Jn. 3:7) and become new creatures (or a new creation) in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17).
