Reference: Principality
Morish
The status of those who hold the first place, as rulers among men, Tit 3:1; but the word especially refers to the spiritual high powers in the unseen world, whether good or bad. They were created by the Lord, and He is head of them all. Col 1:16; 2:10. Some fell from the position of trust given them: they kept not their first estate or principality. Jude 1:6. Others contend against the heavenly position of the saints. Eph 6:12. The Lord 'spoiled' principalities on the cross, Col 2:15; and at His resurrection He was exalted by God far above all such created powers. Eph 1:21; 3:10.
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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 our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.
for by him were all things created, celestial and terrestrial, visible or invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers, all were created by him, and for him:
and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:
spoiling principalities and powers, he exposed them to view openly, triumphing over them on it.
REMIND them to be subject to princes and those invested with authority, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work,
And the angels who preserved not their own primitive state, but deserted their proper abode, hath he reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day.
Smith
Principality.
In several passages of the New Testament the term "principalities and powers" appears to denote different orders of angels,good or bad. See
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For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions.