Ephesians 6:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Ephesians 6:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 6:1231 words
ὅτιhotithat / because
οὐκouknot
ἔστινestinam, have been, is I
ἡμῖνhēminI
ἡhēthe
πάληpalē+ wrestle
πρὸςprosto / toward
αἷμαhaimablood
καὶkaiand / also
σάρκαsarkaflesh
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
πρὸςprosto / toward
τὰςtasthe
ἀρχάςarchasbeginning, corner, (at the
πρὸςprosto / toward
τὰςtasthe
ἐξουσίαςexousiasauthority, jurisdiction, liberty
πρὸςprosto / toward
τοὺςtousthe
κοσμοκράτοραςkosmokratorasruler
τοῦtouthe
σκότουςskotousdarkness
τούτουtoutouhe (it was that), hereof, it
πρὸςprosto / toward
τὰtathe
πνευματικὰpneumatikaspiritual
τῆςtēsthe
πονηρίαςponēriasiniquity, wickedness
ἐνenabout, after, against
τοῖςtoisthe
ἐπουρανίοιςepouranioiscelestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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