Ephesians 6:11

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“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

— WEB

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

— KJV

“Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

— ASV

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2 Corinthians 10:4 "for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,"
Romans 13:12 "The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light."
Ephesians 6:13 "Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand."
1 Thessalonians 5:8 "But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation."
1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
2 Corinthians 2:11 "that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes."
Ephesians 4:14 "that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in crafti…"
Colossians 3:10 "and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,"

Commentary

the whole armour--the armor of light (Rom 13:12); on the right hand and left (Co2 6:7). The panoply offensive and defensive. An image readily suggested by the Roman armory, Paul being now in Rome. Repeated emphatically, Eph 6:13. In Rom 13:14 it is, "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ"; in putting on Him, and the new man in Him, we put on "the whole armor of God." No opening at the head, the feet, the heart, the belly, the eye, the ear, or the tongue, is to be given to Satan. Believers have once for all overcome him; but on the ground of this fundamental victory gained over him, they are ever again to fight against and overcome him, even as they who once die with Christ have continually to mortify their members upon earth (Rom 6:2-14; Col 3:3, Col 3:5). of God--furnished by God; not our own, else it would not stand (Psa 35:1-3). Spiritual, therefore, and mighty through God, not carnal (Co2 10:4). wiles--literally, "schemes sought out" for deceiving (compare Co2 11:14). the devil--the ruling chief of the foes (Eph 6:12) organized into a kingdom of darkness (Mat 12:26), opposed to the kingdom of light.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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