Ephesians 2:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² In which at one time you walked [habitually]. You were following the course and fashion of this world [were under the sway of the tendency of this present age], following the prince of the power of the air. [You were obedient to and under the control of] the [demon] spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience [the careless, the rebellious, and the unbelieving, who go against the purposes of God].

American Standard Version (1901)

² wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;

Common English Bible

² You used to live like people of this world. You followed the rule of a destructive spiritual power. This is the spirit of disobedience to God’s will that is now at work in persons whose lives are characterized by disobedience.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.

Ephesians 2:2 Cross References

Job 1:16

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of Elohim fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”

Job 1:19

and see, a great wind came from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. And I alone have escaped to inform you!”

Job 1:7

And יהוה  said to Satan, “From where do you come?” And Satan answered יהוה  and said, “From diligently searching in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

Job 31:7

If my step does turn from the way, or my heart has gone after my eyes, or if any spot has clung to my hands,

Psalm 17:14

From men by Your hand, O יהוה, From men of the world whose portion is in this life, And You fill their bellies with Your treasure, They are satisfied with children, And shall leave their riches to their babes.

Isaiah 30:1

“Woe to the stubborn children,” declares יהוה, “to make counsel, but not from Me, and to devise plans, but not of My Spirit, in order to add sin to sin;

Isaiah 57:4

Against whom are you sporting? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood,

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is filled with adulterers; for the land mourns because of a curse. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right.

Hosea 10:9

“O Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 11:16

and the ostrich, and the nighthawk, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

Matthew 11:19

“The Son of Aḏ

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 13:38

and the field is the world. And the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, but the darnel are the sons of the wicked one,

Mark 4:19

and the worries of this age, and the deceit of riches, and the desires for other matters, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Luke 22:31

And the Master said, “Shimʽ

John 12:31

“Now is the judgment of this world, now the ruler of this world shall be cast out.

John 13:2

And supper taking place, the devil having already put it into the heart of Yehuḏ

John 13:27

And after the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. יהושע, therefore, said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

John 14:30

“I shall no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he possesses none at all in Me,

John 15:19

“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

John 16:11

concerning judgment because the ruler of this world is judged.

John 7:7

“It is impossible for the world to hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness of it, that its works are wicked.

John 8:23

And He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.

John 8:44

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Acts 19:35

And the city clerk, having calmed the crowd, said, “Men of Ephesos, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the guardian of the temple of the great female mighty one Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

Acts 5:3

But Kĕ

Romans 12:2

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.

1 Corinthians 5:10

And I certainly did not mean with those of this world who whore, or with the greedy of gain, or swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were set apart, but you were declared right in the Name of the Master יהושע  and by the Spirit of our Elohim.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the mighty one of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.

Galatians 1:4

who gave Himself for our sins, to deliver us out of this present wicked age, according to the desire of our Elohim and Father,

Ephesians 1:21

far above all rule and authority and power and mastery, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

Ephesians 2:11

Therefore remember that you, once gentiles in the flesh, who are called ‘the uncircumcision’ by what is called ‘the circumcision’ made in the flesh by hands,

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Messiah יהושע  you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.

Ephesians 2:3

among whom also we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, as also the rest.

Ephesians 4:17

So this I say, and witness in the Master, that you should no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

Ephesians 4:22

that you put off – with regard to your former way of life – the old man, being corrupted according to the desires of the deceit,

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these the wrath of Elohim comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Master. Walk as children of light –

Ephesians 6:12

Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Colossians 1:21

And you, who once were estranged and enemies in the mind by wicked works, but now He has completely restored to favour

2 Timothy 4:10

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and went to Thessalonike, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

James 1:27

Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

James 1:7

For that man should not think that he shall receive whatever from the Master –

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim?Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim.

1 Peter 1:14

as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance,

1 Peter 4:3

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the desire of the gentiles, having walked in indecencies, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, wild parties, and abominable idolatries,

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes filled with an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable beings, having a heart trained in greed, children of a curse,

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 3:8

The one doing sin is of the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Elohim was manifested: to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 4:4

You are of Elohim, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of Elohim, and all the world lies in the wicked one.

1 John 5:4

because everyone having been born of Elohim overcomes the world. And this is the overcoming that has overcome the world: our belief.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.

Revelation 13:14

And he leads astray those dwelling on the earth because of those signs which he was given to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword, yet lived.

Revelation 13:8

And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from the foundation of the world shall worship him.

Revelation 16:17

And the seventh messenger poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the Dwelling Place of the heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

Revelation 20:2

And he seized the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,