Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. ¹ 

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

in which ¹  you formerly lived ²  according to this world’s present path, ³  according to the ruler of the kingdom ⁴  of the air, the ruler of ⁵  the spirit ⁶  that is now energizing ⁷  the sons of disobedience, ⁸