Ephesians 6:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² Our fight is not against people on earth. We are fighting against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness. We are fighting against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Common English Bible

¹² We aren’t fighting against human enemies but against rulers, authorities, forces of cosmic darkness, and spiritual powers of evil in the heavens.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.

Ephesians 6:12 Referencias Cruzadas

Colossians 1:13

God made us free from the power of darkness (evil). And he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son (Jesus).

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler {\cf2\super [17]} of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of people who don’t believe. They cannot see the light (truth) of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ. Christ is the One who is exactly like God.

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past you lived doing those sins. You lived the way the world lives. You followed the ruler of the evil powers over the earth. That same spirit is now working in those people who refuse to obey God.

Colossians 2:15

God defeated the spiritual rulers and powers. With the cross God won the victory and defeated those rulers and powers. God showed the world that they were powerless.

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Ephesians 1:21

God made Christ more important than all rulers, authorities, powers, and kings. Christ is more important than anything that has power in this world or in the next world.

Ephesians 3:10

God’s purpose was that all the rulers and powers in the heavenly places will now know the many different ways God shows his wisdom. They will know this because of the church. {\cf2\super [25]}

Ephesians 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:50

I tell you this, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood (a physical body) cannot have a part in the kingdom of God. A thing that will ruin cannot have a part in something that never ruins.

1 Peter 3:22

Now Jesus has gone into heaven. He is at God’s right side. He rules over angels, authorities, and powers.

Hebrews 12:1

We have those many people \{of faith\} around us. Their lives tell us what faith means. So we should be like them. We too should run the race that is before us and never stop trying. We should take away \{from our lives\} anything that would stop us. And we should take away the sin that so easily catches us.

John 14:30

I will not talk with you much longer. The ruler of this world (the devil) is coming. He has no power over me.

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world (the devil) will be thrown out.

John 16:11

And the Helper will prove to the world the truth about judgment, because the ruler of this world (the devil) is already judged.

Job 2:2

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you been?”

Luke 22:53

I was with you every day in the temple {\cf2\super [363]} area. Why didn’t you try to arrest me there? But this is your time—the time when darkness (sin) rules.”

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door \{that opens the way to heaven\}! Many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able to enter.

2 Timothy 2:5

If an athlete is running a race, he must obey all the rules to win.

Matthew 16:17

Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah. No person taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.

Hebrews 12:4

You are struggling against sin, but your struggles have not yet caused you to be killed.

Galatians 1:16

to tell the Good News {\cf2\super [6]} about his Son (Jesus) to the non-Jewish people. So God let me see and learn about his Son. When God called me, I did not get advice or help from any person.

Mark 4:19

But then these things come into their lives: the worries of this life, the love of money, and wanting all kinds of other things. These things stop the teaching from growing. So that teaching does not make fruit {\cf2\super [53]} \{in the lives of those people\}.

2 Corinthians 11:14

That does not surprise us. Why? Even Satan (the devil) changes himself to \{make people think he is\} an angel of light. {\cf2\super [37]}