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Who was Jesus speaking to ?
His apostles.
Who carried the same message as in Jesus's Prayer, in complete concord of the fallen nature still being with us and being the focus of Satan's attack on the believer.
Who do you say Peter repeated the same warning to ?
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1Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
 
His apostles.
Right !
Not to NT men who have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Those people were still doing things they needed forgiveness for.
NT men who have been born of God need no such forgiveness.
Who carried the same message as in Jesus's Prayer, in complete concord of the fallen nature still being with us and being the focus of Satan's attack on the believer.
See where you went wrong ?
Those reborn of God don't have Adam's anything, anymore .
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1Pe 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
A good exhortation to adhere to.
The devil doesn't quit trying to corrupt the incorruptible.
 
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1Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:


A good exhortation to adhere to.
The devil doesn't quit trying to corrupt the incorruptible.
Lack of possibility is not what the basic english "..,, may devour" means.
The meaning is that there is a very real possibility.
Care to try again ?

may

auxiliary verb
ˈ—used to indicate possibility or probability
you may be right
things you may need
—sometimes used interchangeably with can
: have permission to
: be free to—used nearly interchangeably with can

: have the ability to