Eph 6:12, 1Th 2:12, Heb 2:14, 1Pe 2:9, 2Pe 1:11 | ISV | STEP | For our struggle is not against a human opponent, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers in the darkness around us, against evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.

Ephesians 6:12

12 For our ^{▼▼Other mss. read your} struggle is not against a human opponent, ^{▼▼Lit. flesh and blood} but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers in the darkness around us, ^{▼▼Lit. of this darkness} against evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.Matt 16:17; Luke 22:53; John 12:31; 14:30; Rom 8:38; 1Cor 15:50; Eph 1:21; 2:2; Col 1:13; 2:15

12 We comforted and encouraged you, urging you to live in a manner worthy of the God who calls ^{▼▼Other mss. read called} you into his kingdom and glory.1Cor 1:9; Eph 4:1; Phil 1:27; Col 1:10; 1Thes 4:1; 5:24; 2Thes 2:14; 2Tim 1:9

14 Therefore, since the children have flesh and blood, he himself also shared the same things, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death (that is, the devil)John 1:14; Rom 8:3; 1Cor 15:54-55; Phil 2:7; Col 2:15; 2Tim 1:10

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Exod 19:5-6; Deut 4:20; 7:6; 10:15; 14:2; 26:18-19; John 17:19; Acts 20:28; 26:18; 1Cor 3:17; Eph 1:14; 5:8; Col 1:13; 1Thes 5:4-5; 2Tim 1:9; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 1:2; Rev 1:6; 5:10

11 For in this way you will be generously granted entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.