^2 (A)in which you once walked according to the ^[a]course of this world, according to ^(B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in ^(C)the sons of disobedience,

¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against ^(A)principalities, against powers, against ^(B)the rulers of ^[a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

^3 (A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in ^(B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and ^(C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and ^(A)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

³¹ Now is the judgment of this world; now ^(A)the ruler of this world will be cast out.

^6 (A)Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon ^(B)the sons of disobedience, ^7 (C)in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

^44 (A)You are of your father the devil, and the ^(B)desires of your father you want to ^(C)do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(D)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

¹¹ And such were ^(A)some of you. ^(B)But you were washed, but you were ^[a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.