(vv.10-13)
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities (arche) – Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)
The Good News is that we fight (v.12)
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee (pheugo) from you. – James 4:7 (CWSB)
Flee: pheugo – To flee, to run or move hastily from danger because of fear (CWSB)
“Armor of God” means it’s (v.11)
The armor is a and not a
…the sword (machaira) of the Spirit, which is the word of God: – Ephesians 6:17 (CWSB)
Sword: machaira – a short sword or dagger (Vine’s)
Sword: rhomphaia – a Thracian weapon of large size (Vine’s)
The armor is a not a
There is armor for and weapons for
The Belt of Truth (v.14a)
Do the pieces of armor in vv.14-16 represent from God or our to God? That is, for example, are we to on God’s truth or the of truth?
(NIV Life App. Comm.)
Truth: alētheia – love of truth, sincerity, divine truth revealed to Man, practice in accordance with Gospel truth (MCED), Integrity (Swindoll)
The wicked flee when no one is chasing them! But the godly are bold as lions! – Proverbs 28:1 (TLB)
There is protection for
The Breastplate of Righteousness (v.14)
The Breastplate of Righteousness is activated when I recognize that my righteousness comes (not me) and I God’s righteousness in my
Having put on: enduo – in the sense of sinking into a garment); to invest with clothing (literally or figuratively) array, clothe (with), endue, have (put) on (OTESD)
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
– 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God – Micah 6:8 (CWSB)
The Ready Feet (v.15)
…your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace – Ephesians 6:15 (NIV)
…”the preparedness,” or “readiness of,” that is, arising from the “Gospel” preparedness … all that ; readiness for , as a Christian soldier (JFB Comm.)
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all – 1 Corinthians 12:7 (NKJV)
My feet are fitted when I’m saying “Lord me as ” (v.15)
The Helmet of Salvation (v.17)
And take (dechomai) the helmet of salvation, (v.17)
Take: dechomai – to accept an offer deliberately and readily.
To take to oneself what is presented or brought by another (CWSB)
(The Helmet of Salvation) refers to the assurance of salvation (Swindoll) Is subjoined to the shield of faith, as being its inseparable accompaniment (JF&B)