here some more;
If the devil is our own carnal mind...----Every time we read 'Satan' or the 'Devil' or 'the crooked serpent', or 'the old serpent', then it means "the carnal mind";
ON THE NEXT VERSES, IT NEVER FITS
(*note: I took these verses copying and pasting from 'the lake of fire series')
• "Submit yourselves therefore to God, Resist the Devil, AND HE WILL FLEE [Gk: 'run away, vanish'] FROM YOU" (James 4:7).
• "And the Devil that deceived them WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE and brimstone..." (Rev. 20:16)
• "You are of your father the Devil... " (John 8:44)
• "By HIS SPIRIT He hath garnished the heavens; his HAND has FORMED THE CROOKED SERPENT" (Job 26:13).
• "And the LORD said, Simon, Simon, behold, SATAN hath desired to have you, that he may SIFT you as wheat" (Luke 22:31).
• "And no marvel [Gk: to wonder with ASTONISHMENT]; for Satan himself is transformed [Gk: meta schematizo, transfigure -- to change the outward form or appearance, to make GLORIOUS] into an ANGEL OF LIGHT"(II Cor. 11:14).
• "And SATAN stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel" (I Chron. 21:1).
• "And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and SATAN standing at his right hand to resist him" (Zech. 3:1).
• "And God saw EVERY THING that He had made [including Satan, the Adversary], and, behold, it was VERY GOOD…"(Gen. 1:31).
• "Again, the DEVIL takes Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and says to Him, All these things will I give You, if You will fall down and worship me" (Matt. 4:8-9).
• "and when the devil had ended all the temptation [Gk: testing], he departed from Him for a season [Gk: until an opportune time]" (Luke 4:13).
• "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat; But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not: and when thou are converted, strengthen your brethren" (Luke 22:31).
• "Now the serpent [Satan, that old serpent, Rev. 5:9] was more subtle than any beast of the field…" (Gen. 3:1).
• "Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews and are not" (Rev. 3:99).
• "And the GREAT DRAGON was cast out, that OLD SERPENT, called THE DEVIL, and SATAN [Heb: Adversary], which DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD and he was cast out into THE EARTH, and his angels were cast out with him" (Rev. 12:9).
• "And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write… I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews [in the Smyrna church], and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan… And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write… I will make them of the synagogue of Satan [in the Philadelphia church], and are not but do lie…" (Rev. 2:8 & 9; 3:7 & 9).
• "Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison…" (Rev. 2:10).
• "the Devil and his angels, which deceive the whole world" (Rev. 12:9).
• "...you child of the Devil, you enemy of all righteousness..." Acts 13:10
• "And no marvel; for Satan HIMSELF is transformed into an AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. Therefore it is no great thing if HIS MINISTERS also be transformed as the MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; whose end shall be according to their works" (II Cor. 11:14-15)
And vice versa;If the 'carnal mind' is the 'devil':
• For to be carnally minded is DEATH; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:6)