in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light