Ephesians 2:2 Cross References

Ephesians 2:2

2: You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

Ephesians 6:12

  1. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 2:3

  1. All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.

John 12:31

  1. The time of judgment for the world has come, when the prince of this world will be cast out.

John 8:44

  1. For you are the children of your father the Devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 5:6

  1. Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the terrible anger of God comes upon all those who disobey him.

1 John 5:19

  1. We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the power and control of the evil one.

1 Corinthians 6:11

  1. There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.

Ephesians 4:22

  1. throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception.

2 Corinthians 4:4

  1. Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

Colossians 3:6

  1. God's terrible anger will come upon those who do such things.
  2. You used to do them when your life was still part of this world.

1 John 2:15

  1. Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.
  2. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.
  3. And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.

1 John 5:4

  1. For every child of God defeats this evil world by trusting Christ to give the victory.

Revelation 20:2

  1. He seized the dragon--that old serpent, the Devil, Satan--and bound him in chains for a thousand years.

1 Peter 1:14

  1. Obey God because you are his children. Don't slip back into your old ways of doing evil; you didn't know any better then.

1 John 3:10

  1. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the Devil. Anyone who does not obey God's commands and does not love other Christians does not belong to God.

John 14:30

  1. "I don't have much more time to talk to you, because the prince of this world approaches. He has no power over me,

2 Peter 2:14

  1. They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.

Colossians 1:21

  1. This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions,

1 Corinthians 5:10

  1. But I wasn't talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or who are greedy or are swindlers or idol worshipers. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that.

John 13:2

  1. It was time for supper, and the Devil had already enticed Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to carry out his plan to betray Jesus.

James 1:7

  1. People like that should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

Romans 12:2

  1. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

John 8:23

  1. Then he said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not.

2 Timothy 4:10

  1. Demas has deserted me because he loves the things of this life and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone to Dalmatia.

John 16:11

  1. Judgment will come because the prince of this world has already been judged.

1 Peter 4:3

  1. You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy--their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.

Acts 5:3

  1. Then Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.

1 John 4:4

  1. But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

John 13:27

  1. As soon as Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus told him, "Hurry. Do it now."

John 7:7

  1. The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of sin and evil.

Galatians 1:4

  1. He died for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.

James 4:4

  1. You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with this world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again, that if your aim is to enjoy this world, you can't be a friend of God.

John 15:19

  1. The world would love you if you belonged to it, but you don't. I chose you to come out of the world, and so it hates you.

Acts 19:35

  1. At last the mayor was able to quiet them down enough to speak. "Citizens of Ephesus," he said. "Everyone knows that Ephesus is the official guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, whose image fell down to us from heaven.

Luke 22:2

  1. The leading priests and teachers of religious law were actively plotting Jesus' murder. But they wanted to kill him without starting a riot, a possibility they greatly feared.
  2. Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples,

Matthew 11:19

  1. And I, the Son of Man, feast and drink, and you say, 'He's a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of the worst sort of sinners!' But wisdom is shown to be right by what results from it."

Jeremiah 23:10

  1. For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning--its pastures are dried up. For the prophets do evil and abuse their power.

Luke 22:31

  1. "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have all of you, to sift you like wheat.

Isaiah 57:4

  1. Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars!

Job 31:7

  1. If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,

Isaiah 30:1

  1. "Destruction is certain for my rebellious children," says the LORD. "You make plans that are contrary to my will. You weave a web of plans that are not from my Spirit, thus piling up your sins.

Luke 11:21

  1. For when Satan, who is completely armed, guards his palace, it is safe--
  2. until someone who is stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons, and carries off his belongings.
  3. "Anyone who isn't helping me opposes me, and anyone who isn't working with me is actually working against me.
  4. "When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.'
  5. So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and clean.

Psalms 17:14

  1. Save me by your mighty hand, O LORD, from those whose only concern is earthly gain. May they have their punishment in full. May their children inherit more of the same, and may the judgment continue to their children's children.

Job 1:7

  1. "Where have you come from?" the LORD asked Satan. And Satan answered the LORD, "I have been going back and forth across the earth, watching everything that's going on."

Luke 16:8

  1. "The rich man had to admire the dishonest rascal for being so shrewd. And it is true that the citizens of this world are more shrewd than the godly are.

Matthew 12:43

  1. "When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.
  2. Then it says, 'I will return to the person I came from.' So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and clean.
  3. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation."

Matthew 13:38

  1. The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one.

Revelation 12:9

  1. This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.

Revelation 16:17

  1. Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. And a mighty shout came from the throne of the Temple in heaven, saying, "It is finished!"

Revelation 13:8

  1. And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb who was killed before the world was made.

Hosea 10:9

  1. The LORD says, "O Israel, ever since that awful night in Gibeah, there has been only sin and more sin! You have made no progress whatsoever. Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?

Revelation 13:14

  1. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

Job 1:16

  1. While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."

1 John 3:8

  1. But when people keep on sinning, it shows they belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy these works of the Devil.

Job 1:19

  1. Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the desert and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
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