Ephesians 6:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Wrestle

Flesh and blood

Matthew 16:17

1 Corinthians 15:50

Galatians 1:16

Principalities

1 Peter 3:22

Against the

Spiritual wickedness

Ephesians 1:3

General references

Mark 3:27

2 Corinthians 2:11

Bible References

Wrestle

Exert all your powers to enter through the strait gate: for many, I tell you, will seek to enter, but will not be able.

And every one who contendeth [in the games] is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

And if a man contend in the public games, he is not crowned victor, unless he contend according to the laws.

THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,

Flesh and blood

And Jesus replying, said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my Father, who is in heaven.

But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach the glad tidings of him to the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

Principalities

far above all principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;

that now to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church,

For I am assured that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor those to come,

spoiling principalities and powers, he exposed them to view openly, triumphing over them on it.

who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.

Against the

wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience:

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched out no hands upon me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be ejected out [of it].

I shall not speak many things more with you: for the ruler of this world is coming, though in me he hath no part.

and of judgment, because the ruler of this world hath sentence pronounced on him.

to open their eyes, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me.

among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them.

who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:

Spiritual wickedness

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ;

General references

No man entering into his house, can plunder a strong man's goods, unless he first bind the strong man, then indeed he spoileth his house.

that no advantage be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.