⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,^(A) and he will flee from you.

⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.^(A)

⁹ Resist him,^(A) standing firm in the faith,^(B) because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.^(C)