Ephesians 2:2

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Ephesians 2:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds,

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Walked according

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.

For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy.

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

because This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.

The prince

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

So that huge dragon -- the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world -- was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

He seized the dragon -- the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan -- and tied him up for a thousand years.

Of the air

The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" And Satan answered the Lord, "From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it."

Finally the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: "It is done!"

The spirit

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus.

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

General references

the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,

Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.