The connection between the devil and our evil desires - sin within us - is made explicit in several passages: "As the children (ourselves) are partakers of flesh and blood, he (Jesus) also himself likewise took part of the same; that through (his) death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Heb.2:14). The devil is here described as being responsible for death.
Muungano kati ya Ibilisi na nia zetu mbaya - dhambi ndani yetu - vimewekwa wazi kwenye mafungu kadhaa ya maneno: "Basi, kwa kuwa watoto (sisi wenyewe) wameshiriki mwili na damu, yeye (Yesu) naye vivyo hivyo alishiriki yayo hayo; ili kwa njia ya mauti (yake) amharibu yeye aliyekuwa na nguvu za mauti, yaani, 'Ibilisi’ (Ebra. 2: 14). Hapa Ibilisi amesemwa ndiye anayehusika na mauti.