Previously they had believed in the pagan concept of a heavenly spirit-prince; now Paul makes the point that actually the power which they were formally subject to was that of their own evil mind.
Awali waliamini wazo la kipagani la mfalme - roho wa mbingu, sasa Paulo anaonyesha maana ambayo uweza hasa uliokuwa wa kawaida waliojitiishia chini yake ulikuwa ni wa akili yao mbaya.