Eph 1:21, 3:10 | Family | STEP | Principality, and power--every name that is named ; these terms describe every order of intelligent beings in heaven and on earth; every creature that bears a name.

Ephesians 1:21

Principality, and power--every name that is named; these terms describe every order of intelligent beings in heaven and on earth; every creature that bears a name.

Ephesians 3:10

Principalities and powers; the different orders of heavenly beings.

By the church; by means of God's dealings with the church. This is one of those passages which represent the angelic orders as studying with deep interest the dealings of God with men in the work of redemption. Compare 1Pe 1:12.