Paul wrote: “It is you God made alive though you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you at one time walked according to the system of things of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit that now operates in the sons of disobedience. Yes, among them we all at one time conducted ourselves in harmony with the desires of our flesh, doing the things willed by the flesh and the thoughts, and we were naturally children of wrath even as the rest. ” ​ — Ephesians 2: 1 - 3.
Paulus kirjutas: ” Jumal on teinud elavaks ka teid, kes olite surnud oma üleastumistes ja pattudes, milles te käisite enne selle maailma ajastu järgi, õhuvalla vürsti järgi, vaimu järgi, kes nüüd on tegev sõnakuulmatuse laste sees, kelle seas ka me kõik enne käisime oma liha himudes ja tegime liha ja mõtete tahtmist mööda ning olime loomu poolest viha lapsed nagu teisedki ”.