What is spiritual wickedness in high places

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Charles Hodge, in his commentary on Ephesians, concludes: "The whole context, however, shows that the design of the apostle is to present the formidable character of our adversaries in the most impressive point of view. Plan of Salvation Preach the Word! Holman Christian Standard Bible For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

American Standard Version For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because your fight has not been with flesh and blood, but with Principalities and The Rulers and The Powers of this dark world and with wicked spirits which are under Heaven. Contemporary English Version We are not fighting against humans.

We are fighting against forces and authorities and against rulers of darkness and powers in the spiritual world. Douay-Rheims Bible For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.

English Revised Version For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Good News Translation For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world.

International Standard Version For our struggle is not against human opponents, but against rulers, authorities, cosmic powers in the darkness around us, and evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm. Literal Standard Version because our wrestling is not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual [forces] of evil in the heavenly places; NET Bible For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

New Heart English Bible For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world's rulers of this darkness, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Weymouth New Testament For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world--the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.

World English Bible For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Young's Literal Translation because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places; Additional Translations Matthew Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah!

For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven. How do you approach day to day issues and fight your battles? Does your strategy change depending on the circumstance? Do you decide whether or not to even fight at all if the odds are not in your favor? We often think of our own physical strength, knowledge, cunning wit, or maybe even our ability to shut people and pain out of our hearts and minds.

But when we consider what Paul wrote to the Ephesians in chapter 6 verse 12, we realize that much of our effort is often misplaced.

Paul is writing to the church at Ephesus but this message is for Christians everywhere. He wanted his readers to understand that Satan has a powerful army whose goal is to defeat the believers of Christ.

The same is true for us today.