'Forces' in the Bible

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world.

But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and bankrupt elemental forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

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

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.

If you died with the Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: