ACC ~ Ephesians 6 v12b

PAUL’S UNIQUE TERM: WORLD RULERS OF THIS PRESENT DARKNESS. JEROME: We have elsewhere read the expression world rulers nowhere in the Old or the New Testament—only here. Paul the apostle employs this name because it was necessary for him, in addressing the Ephesians, to apply new terms to new and invisible subjects. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 3.6.11.

THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORLD RULERS. THEODORET: Paul calls them world rulers not because they have received authority to rule from God but because they have made captive loose-living people as their willing slaves. The holy apostle has imitated the best sort of general. Wishing to drive out the unfit from his army, the astute general describes to them the exceptional courage of the enemy. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.12.

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