Ephesians 1:21
21He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.Rom 8:38; Phil 2:9-10; Col 1:16; Heb 1:4Ephesians 6:12
12For our ▼▼Other mss. read your
struggle is not against a human opponent, ▼▼Lit. flesh and blood
but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers in the darkness around us, ▼▼Lit. of this darkness
against evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.Matt 16:17; Luke 22:53; John 12:31; 14:30; Rom 8:38; 1Cor 15:50; Eph 1:21; 2:2; Col 1:13; 2:15 Colossians 1:16
16For by ▼▼Or in
him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether they are kings, ▼▼Lit. thrones
lords, rulers, or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.John 1:3; Rom 8:38; 11:36; 1Cor 8:6; Eph 1:21; 3:9; Col 2:10, 15; Heb 1:2; 2:10; 1Pet 3:22 Colossians 2:15
15And when he had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross. ▼▼Lit. in it
Gen 3:15; Ps 68:18; Isa 53:12; Matt 12:29; Luke 10:18; 11:22; John 12:31; 16:11; Eph 4:8; 6:12; Heb 2:14 1 Peter 3:22
22who has gone to heaven and is at the right hand of God, where angels, authorities, and powers have been made subject to him.Ps 110:1; Rom 8:34, 38; 1Cor 15:24; Eph 1:20-21; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3
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