instruments of fallen human personalities, the corporate flesh which the Bible speaks of as “the world,” and demonic agents, they can be extremely intractable. For this reason it is important to recognize that in most of the passages cited in which Paul deals with “the powers” (for example, Rom. 8:38–9; Eph. 2:1–3; 6:10–20) he is talking not only about fallen structures but also about demonic agents controlling those structures through manipulation of fallen human beings. This is the point of Paul’s