in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience;

But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who were once afar off were made nigh in the blood of Christ.

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

in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

Now the word, "He ascended," what does it mean, but that He also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

for ye were once darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord; walk as children of light