Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie; just as it has taught you, remain in him.
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, , who is the image of God.
Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.’
in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.