Ephesians 2:2

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Ephesians 2:2

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Summary

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

In time

Walked according

The prince

Of the air

Job 1:7

Revelation 16:17

The spirit

General references

Leviticus 11:16

Deuteronomy 16:12

Colossians 3:7

Bible References

In time

among which we also had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of our flesh, and fulfilled the will of the flesh, and of the mind: and were naturally the children of wrath, even as well as others.

so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,

If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,

When the town clerk had ceased the people he said, "Ye men of Ephesus: what man is it that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which came from heaven?

And such were ye verily: but ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified by the name of the Lord Jesus: And by the spirit of our God.

And you - which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your minds were set in evil works - hath he now reconciled

In which things ye walked once, when ye lived in them.

For it is sufficient for us that we have spent the time that is past of the life, after the will of the gentiles; walking in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, in eating, drinking, and in abominable idolatry.

We know that we be of God, and that the world is altogether set on mischief.

Walked according

From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

Because the land is full of adulterers, wherethrough it is destroyed and mourneth, and the pleasant pastures of the desert are dried up. Yea the way that men take is wicked, and their governance is nothing like the holy word of the LORD.

And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For the children of this world, are in their kind, wiser than the children of light.

The world cannot hate you. Me it hateth: Because I testify of it, that the works of it are evil.

And he said unto them, "Ye are from beneath, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world.

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own. Howbeit, because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world.

And fashion not yourselves like unto this world: But be changed through the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what thing that good, that acceptable, and perfect will of God is.

And I meant not at all of the fornicators of this world, either of the covetous, or of extortioners, either of the idolaters - for then must ye needs have gone out of the world -

which gave himself for our sins, to deliver us from this present evil world, through the will of God our father,

For Demas hath left me, and hath loved this present world, and is departed into Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galatia, and Titus unto Dalmatia.

Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Ye adulterers, and women that break matrimony: know ye not how that the friendship of the world is enmity to Godward? Whosoever will be friend of the world, is made the enemy of God.

See that ye love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him.

For all that is born of God, overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

The prince

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness for heavenly things.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning; And abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out a doors.

Hereafter will I not talk many words unto you. For the chief ruler of this world cometh, and hath nought in me.

And of judgment, because the chief ruler of this world is judged already.

We know that we be of God, and that the world is altogether set on mischief.

And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan; Was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also.

and all that dwell upon the earth worshipped him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the lamb, which was killed from the beginning of the world.

And he took the dragon, that old serpent which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him a thousand years:

Of the air

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "I have gone about the land and walked through it."

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air. And there came a voice out of heaven from the seat, saying, "It is done."

The spirit

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

When a strong man, armed, watcheth his house; That he possesseth, is in peace.

and the high priests, and scribes sought how to kill him, but they feared the people.

And when supper was ended, after that, the devil had put in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him.

Then said Peter, "Ananias how is it that Satan hath filled thine heart, that thou shouldest lie unto the holy ghost, and keep away part of the price of the livelihood:

in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God.

He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth since the beginning. But for this cause appeared the son of God, even to destroy the works of the devil.

Little children, ye are of God, and have overcome them: for greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

General references

the ostrich, the nightcrow, the cuckoo, the sparrowhawk, and all the kind;

And remember that thou was a servant in Egypt, that thou observe and do these ordinances.

In which things ye walked once, when ye lived in them.