Scripture References for Spiritual Warfare in Pauline Epistles

Grouped by 6 Categories

Satan

1 Thessalonians

-Hindrance of Satan 2:17-18

-The Tempter 3:5

2 Thessalonians

-Man of lawlessness 2:9-11

-Guarded from the evil one 3:3

1 Corinthians

-Handed over to Satan 5:5

2 Corinthians

-Derailing restoration 2:10-11

-The blinding of unbelievers 4:3-4

-Disguised as an Angel 11:12-15

Ephesians

-Satan is at work in the Unconverted 2:1-3

-Believers must not give the devil a foothold 4:26-27

-The Christian life as warfare 6:10-20

1 Timothy

-Deliver blasphemers to Satan 1:18-20

-The Devil’s trap for church leaders 3:6-7

-Satan uses suffering to turn people from Christ 5:14-15

2 Timothy

-False teachers are the devil’s captives 2:24-26

Present Age

Galatians

-Present Evil Age 1:4

-The Stoicheia 4:3-9

Colossians

-Beware of being taken captive by the Stoicheia 2:8-10

God

1 Corinthians 

-Superiority of God’s wisdom 2:6-8

2 Corinthians

-Paul’s thorn in the flesh 12:7-10

Romans

-The impotence of Satan’s forces 8:38-39

-Assurance of Final Victory 16:20

Colossians

-Christ is Lord over All 1:15-16

Ephesians

-The Supremacy of Christ 1:20-23

Demons

1 Corinthians

-Demons and Idolatry 10:18-22

Colossians

-legalism and the Demonic 2:20-21

Ephesians

-God’s wisdom made known through church to demons 3:10-11 (not general consensus – could be angelic beings)

1 Timothy

-Heretical teaching is demonic in origin 4:1-2

People

2 Corinthians

-Separation unto God, not Belial 6:14-17

-Beware of serpentine deception 11:3-4

Colossians

-The Error of Angelic Worship 2:18

1 Timothy

-Beware of Satan’s Deception 2:12-14

Powers of Darkness

1 Corinthians

-Final vanquishing of demonic foe 15:24-25

2 Corinthians

-Not with flesh and blood 10:3-5

Colossians

-Rescued from the Dominion of Darkness 1:12-14

-Christ defeated and humiliated the powers of darkness 2:15

Grouped by books of the Bible

1 Thessalonians

-Hindrance of Satan 2:17-18

-The Tempter 3:5

2 Thessalonians

-Man of lawlessness 2:9-11

-Guarded from the evil one 3:3

Galatians

-Present evil age 1:4

-The Stoicheia 4:3-9 (enslaved to the elements of this world)

1 Corinthians

-Superiority of God’s wisdom 2:6-8

-Handed over to Satan 5:5

-Demons and Idolatry 10:18-22

-Final vanquishing of demonic foes 15:24-25

2 Corinthians

-Derailing restoration 2:10-11

-The blinding of unbelievers 4:3-4

-Separation unto God, not Belial 6:14-17  (not partnering with unbelievers)

-Not with flesh and blood 10:3-5

-Beware of serpentine deception 11:3-4  (by being too spiritual and not discerning-feelings/experience over truth, we accept any gospel message that comes along)

– Disguised as an Angel of Light 11:12-15

-Paul’s thorn in the flesh 12:7-10

Romans

-The impotence of Satan’s forces 8:38-39

-Assurance of Final Victory 16:20

Colossians

-Rescued from the Dominion of Darkness 1:12-14

-Christ is Lord over All 1:15-16

-Beware of Being Taken Captive by the Stoicheia 2:8-10

-Christ defeated and humiliated the powers of darkness 2:15

-The Error of Angelic Worship 2:18

-Legalism and the Demonic 2:20-21

Ephesians

-The Supremacy of Christ 1:20-23

-Satan is at work in the Unconverted 2:1-3

-God’s wisdom made known through the church to demons 3:10-11

-Believers must not give the devil a foothold 4:26-27

-The Christian life as warfare 6:10-20

1 Timothy

-Deliver blasphemers to Satan 1:18-20

-Beware of Satan’s Deception 2:12-14

-The Devil’s trap for church leaders 3:6-7

-Heretical teaching is demonic in origin 4:1-2

-Satan uses suffering to turn people from Christ 5:14-15

2Timothy

-False teachers are the devil’s captives 2:24-26

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