For everything was created by Him,
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through Him and for Him.

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.

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; He triumphed over them by Him.

Now that He has gone into heaven, He is at God’s right hand with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over Me.

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

He said, “Do you know why I’ve come to you? I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I leave, the prince of Greece will come.

On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven above
and kings of the earth below.