We Now Have Life

2 In the past you were ·spiritually dead [^Ldead] ·because of [or in] your sins and ·the things you did against God [transgressions]. ² Yes, in the past you ·lived [walked] ·the way the world lives [^Laccording to the course/ways/age of this world], following the ruler [^CSatan] of the ·evil powers that are above the earth [^Ldominion/authority of the air; ^Cprobably demonic forces]. That same spirit is now working in ·those who refuse to obey God [^Lthe children/sons of disobedience]. ³ In the past all of us lived ·like [or among] them, ·trying to please [or giving in to the cravings of] our ·sinful selves [sinful nature; flesh] and doing all the things our ·bodies [flesh] and minds wanted. We ·should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature [^Lwere by nature children/sons of wrath]. ·We were the same as all other people [^L…just like the rest; ^Cof mankind].