Ephesians 6:12

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen.

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  • Col 1:13 : 13 Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 in the which in tyme past ye walked, acordinge to the course off this worlde, and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely, after ye sprete, which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue,
  • Col 2:15 : 15 And hath spoyled rule and power, and hath made a shewe of them openly, and triumphed ouer them in his awne persone.
  • 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 Euery one that proueth mastrye, absteyneth from all thinges, and they do it, that they maye optayne a corruptible crowne, but we to optayne an vncorruptible crowne. 26 I therfore so runne, not as at an vncertayne thinge: So fighte I, not as one yt beateth ye ayre: 27 but I tame my body, and brynge it in to subieccion, lest whan I preach vnto other: I my selfe be a cast awaye.
  • Rom 8:38 : 38 For sure I am, that nether death ner life, nether angell, ner rule, nether power, nether thinges present, nether thinges to come,
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded ye myndes of them which beleue not, that ye lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ ( which is the ymage of God) shulde not shyne vnto them.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 Wherfore seynge we haue so greate a multitude of witnesses aboute vs let vs also laye awaye all yt presseth downe, and the synne that hangeth on, and let vs runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is set before vs,
  • Eph 1:21 : 21 aboue all rule, power, and mighte, and dominacio, and aboue all that maye be named, not onely in this worlde, but also in ye worlde to come.
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaue mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyssdome off God,
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs wt all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 1 Cor 15:50 : 50 This I saye brethren, that flesh & bloude can not inheret ye kyngdome of God: nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion.
  • Job 2:2 : 2 And the LORDE sayde vnto Sathan: From whence commest thou? Sathan answered and sayde: I haue gone aboute the lode, and walked thorow it.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 And Iesus answered, & saide vnto hi: Blessed art thou Symo ye sonne of Ionas, for flesh & bloude hath not opened yt vnto the, but my father yt is in heaue.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Stryue ye to entre in at the strayte gate, for many (I saye vnto you) shal seke to come in, and shal not be able.
  • Luke 22:53 : 53 I was daylie with you in the temple, and ye layed no handes vpon me. But this is youre houre, and the power of darknesse.
  • John 12:31 : 31 Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde. Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust out.
  • John 14:30 : 30 Here after wyl not I talke moch with you. For the prynce of this worlde cometh, and hath nothinge in me.
  • John 16:11 : 11 Of iudgmet, because the prynce of this worlde is iudged allready.
  • 2 Tim 2:5 : 5 And though a man stryue for a mastrye, yet is he not crowned, excepte he stryue laufully.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 for ye haue not yet resisted vnto bloude, stryuynge agaynst synne,
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 which is on the righte hande of God, and is gone in to heaue, angels, power and mighte subdued vnto him.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude:

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