⁵³ Every day I was with you in the temple courts,^(A) and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour^(B)—when darkness reigns.”^(C)

¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,^(A) but against the rulers, against the authorities,^(B) against the powers^(C) of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.^(D)

¹³ For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness^(A) and brought us into the kingdom^(B) of the Son he loves,^(C)

⁵ You are all children of the light^(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

¹⁰ The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^(A) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^(B) People gnawed their tongues in agony