Spiritual Warfare

Faulty Translations
If you can’t see the subtitle distortion of meaning in the examples (below) between the ESV and the KJV you may want to re-evaluate your teaching skills.
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KJV
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
ESV
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Notice how the ESV rendering---marginalizes the meaning of the “forces of evil” and calls them “cosmic powers”. It then goes on to claim that the evil we fight against is only in heaven. In reality, the evil forces we face are right here on earth but they are directed by satan who is in heaven.
The truth is, Magistrates have authority and they make judgments based on legal matters. A decree can be decided and written down and then orders go out for the decree to be executed. This is the same way the forces of evil do their business. Satan is the leading magistrate and his followers have a ruling structure and hierarchy much like the military. They carry out his orders in the present world. We battle against them and not cosmic powers.
We are at war with evil on every front. Our warfare is directed at evil and spiritual forces of darkness. We don’t battle with the physical-carnal world but we war with the devil and his minions. We are in the world but not of it.
The only offensive weapon you have is The Word of God. All other weapons in Ephesians 6 are defensive but if you haven’t taken the time to understand them by Reading the Bible, you won’t know how to apply them. The Bible will ARM you to defend yourself against the evil rulers and workers of inequity in this world.
They have taken over our nation and the world.
They are not of this world or the physical cosmos. Our battle with evil is fought within the earthly carnal realm but on a spiritual level.
The ESV is very subtitle but it is a contortion of one of most important concepts of the Bible. If you are not aware of whom your enemy is, how can you defeat him?
Ephesians 6 is a handbook on how to execute a military strategy and defeat principalities and powers in spiritual warfare. Not fighting comic book characters or mythical creatures in this present world.
“Principalities” G # 4761 marashah: principality Original Word: מַרְאָשָׁה Part of Speech: noun feminine plural Transliteration: marashah Phonetic Spelling: (mar-aw-shaw') Definition: principality Denominative from ro'sh; properly, headship, i.e. (plural for collective) dominion -- principality. see HEBREW ro'sh

“Principalities” G # 746 arché: beginning, origin Original Word: ἀρχή, ῆς, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: arché Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khay') Definition: beginning, origin Usage: (a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning. magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule. From archomai; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank) -- beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule. see GREEK archomai
“Cosmic” G # 2886--kosmikos: pertaining to the world Original Word: κοσμικός, ή, όν Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kosmikos Phonetic Spelling: (kos-mee-kos') Definition: pertaining to the world Usage: earthly, worldly (belonging to the present earthly world as opposed to the heavenly and future). worldly. From kosmos (in its secondary sense); terrene ("cosmic"), literally (mundane) or figuratively (corrupt) -- worldly.
see GREEK kosmos

Another example and comparison below
ESV
Ezekiel 13:17 “And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy against them 18 and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive? 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.
20 “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the souls like birds. 21 Your veils also I will tear off and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey, and you shall know that I am the LORD. 22 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life, 23 therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the LORD.”
Again, the ESV turns this into a circus side show mystical act.
KJV
Ezekiel 13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

The ESV rendering is so bad on these verses, it is clear this was intentional. The allegory is completely lost in the ESV. There is a big difference between “magic bands” and pillow (cases)

ESV
13:20 Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds
KJV 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly,

The meaning behind Ezekiel 13 is as follows;
When you tie a pillow case around the saving Hands of God he hates it. Especially if it’s done to a people who are in search of the truth. You are hindering the plan of God by tying his hands behind his back.
Using the words “magic bands” distorts the allegory.
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Notice how the word “flying” is left out of the ESV. I believe this word is a direct reference to the rapture doctrine and how the teaching tells its believers they will fly to heaven in a physical body to meet the Lord in the air.
What are the ESV authors trying to hide? The Greek word Harpadzo is not referring to a physical body being ‘caught up” but, it’s the separation of the spirit and the physical body at death. The spirit goes to heaven and the physical body goes back to the dirt.
If YHVH did not know about false teaching before it took place he would not be God. Ezekiel in my eyes was very specific about teaching false hermeneutics regarding the second coming and it is a major flaw in the ESV.
The KJV is by far the more accurate Transliteration
Because of these two examples alone, I would give the ESV translation-transliteration an F.