King James Version

Ephesians 6:12

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the age” (τοῦ αἰῶνος) before this here.

ὅτιhotiForὅτιconjunction — “For”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.Forοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔστινestinagainstεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “against”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.againstἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πάληpalēstruggleπάληnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “struggle”, the subject formG3823wrestling, a wrestling bout; hence: a struggle, fight, conflict, contest.This verse uses “struggle”.πρὸςprosagainstπρόςpreposition — “against”G4314to, towards, with.againstαἷμαhaimabloodαἷμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “blood”, the object formG129blood (especially as shed).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.σάρκαsarkafleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the object formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.πρὸςprosagainstπρόςpreposition — “against”G4314to, towards, with.againstτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχάςarchasbeginningἀρχή (archē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “beginning”, the object formG746(a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.This verse uses “beginning”.πρὸςprosagainstπρόςpreposition — “against”G4314to, towards, with.againstτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξουσίαςexousiasauthorityἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “authority”, the object formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “authority”.πρὸςprosagainstπρόςpreposition — “against”G4314to, towards, with.againstτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κοσμοκράτοραςkosmokratorasworld powerκοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokratōr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “world power”, the object formG2888ruler of this world, that is, of the world as asserting its independence of God; used of the angelic or demonic powers controlling the sublunary world.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σκότουςskotousdarknessσκότος (skotos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “darkness”, the of-formG4655darkness, either physical or moral.τούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πνευματικὰpneumatikaspiritualπνευματικός (pneumatikos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “spiritual”, the object formG4152spiritual.spiritualτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πονηρίαςponēriaswickednessπονηρία (ponēria)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “wickedness”, the of-formG4189wickedness, iniquities.This verse uses “wickedness”.wickednessἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπουρανίοιςepouranioishighἐπουράνιος (epouranios)adjective, dative, plural, neuter — “high”, the to- or for-formG2032heavenly, celestial, in the heavenly sphere, the sphere of spiritual activities; met: divine, spiritual.high

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶνοςaiōnosworldαἰών (aiōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “world”, the of-formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places .

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Darby Translation

because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against principalities, against authorities, against the universal lords of this darkness, against spiritual [power] of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Douay-Rheims

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.

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