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> [“For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. - Ephesians 6:12”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/for-we-are-not-contending-against-flesh-and-blood-but-against-the/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

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## Other authors on Ephesians

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## More by St. Paul

> [“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/drink-no-longer-water-but-use-a-little-wine-for-thy-stomach-s-sake/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

> [“So faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of theses is love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/so-faith-hope-and-love-remain-these-three-but-the-greatest-of-theses/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

> [“In all your dealings with one another, speak the truth in love, that you may grow up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/in-all-your-dealings-with-one-another-speak-the-truth-in-love-that/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

> [“For I am already on the paint of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/for-i-am-already-on-the-paint-of-being-sacrificed-the-time-of-my/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

> [“For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/for-we-are-not-contending-against-flesh-and-blood-but-against-the/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

> [“For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/for-the-rest-brethren-whatsoever-things-are-true-whatsoever-modest/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

> [“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-paul/do-nothing-out-of-selfish-ambition-or-vain-conceit-but-in-humility-2/)

[St. Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-paul/)

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