² in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,^(A) according to the ruler of the power of the air,^(B) the spirit^(C) now working in the disobedient.^[a]

⁸ Be sober-minded,^(A) be alert.^(B) Your adversary the devil^(C) is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

¹⁰ The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are,^(A) and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.^(B)

¹³ And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses. ¹⁴ He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.^{(A) 15} He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.^[a](B)