Ephesians 6:12

New Century Version

Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world.

Cross References

Job 2:2

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “I have been wandering around the earth, going back and forth in it.”

Matthew 16:17

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

Mark 4:19

but the worries of this life, the temptation of wealth, and many other evil desires keep the teaching from growing and producing fruit in their lives.

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

Luke 22:53

I was with you every day in the Temple, and you didn’t arrest me there. But this is your time—the time when darkness rules.”

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be thrown down.

John 14:30

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

John 16:11

And the Helper will prove to them that judgment happened when the ruler of this world was judged.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to the light, away from the power of Satan and to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can have a place with those people who have been made holy by believing in me.’

Romans 8:38

Yes, I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor ruling spirits, nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers,

1 Corinthians 15:50

I tell you this, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot have a part in the kingdom of God. Something that will ruin cannot have a part in something that never ruins.

2 Corinthians 11:14

This does not surprise us. Even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God.

Galatians 1:16

and showed his son to me so that I might tell the Good News about him to those who are not Jewish. When God called me, I did not get advice or help from any person.

Ephesians 1:21

God has put Christ over all rulers, authorities, powers, and kings, not only in this world but also in the next.

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 the heavenly world.

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past you lived the way the world lives, following the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.

Ephesians 3:10

His purpose was that through the church all the rulers and powers in the heavenly world will now know God’s wisdom, which has so many forms.

Colossians 1:13

God has freed us from the power of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.

Colossians 2:15

God stripped the spiritual rulers and powers of their authority. With the cross, he won the victory and showed the world that they were powerless.

2 Timothy 2:5

Also an athlete who takes part in a contest must obey all the rules in order to win.

Hebrews 12:1

We are surrounded by a great cloud of people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back.

Hebrews 12:4

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

1 Peter 3:22

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