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THE MESSAGE
Ephesians 6:11
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Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the deuill.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil's evil tricks.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes.
Put on all the armor that God gives, so you can defend yourself against the devil's tricks.
Use all the armor and weaponry that God provides, so that you will be able to stand against the deceptive tactics of the Adversary.
Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:
Wear the full armor of God. Wear God's armor so that you can fight against the devil's clever tricks.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the assaultes of the deuil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on all the armor that God gives you, so that you will be able to stand up against the Devil's evil tricks.
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil,
Put on all the armor of God, for you to be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil,
Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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And clothe you in all the armour of Aloha, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the accuser.
And put ye on; the whole armor of God, so that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Accuser.
Put on all the armour of God, that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the complete armour of God, so as to be able to stand firm against all the stratagems of the Devil.
Clothe you with the armere of God, that ye moun stonde ayens aspiynges of the deuel.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
Put on the things God gives you to fight with. Then you will not fall into the traps of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the complete armour of God, with a view to your having power to stand against the strategies of the adversary;
Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on ye armour of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst ye crafty assautes of the devyll.
put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,
put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell.
put on the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Put on the get-up of God so you will be protected from the devil and his devilish ways.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Put: Ephesians 4:24, Romans 13:14, Colossians 3:10
the whole: Ephesians 6:13, Romans 13:12, 2 Corinthians 6:7, 2 Corinthians 10:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:8
able: Ephesians 6:13, Luke 14:29-31, 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 7:25, Jude 1:24
the wiles: Ephesians 4:14,*Gr: Mark 13:22, 2 Corinthians 2:11, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, 1 Peter 5:8, 2 Peter 2:1-3, Revelation 2:24, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:11-15, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:7, Revelation 20:8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:3 - let not Joshua 4:13 - prepared for war Judges 3:2 - might know 1 Samuel 4:9 - Be strong 1 Samuel 25:28 - fighteth Nehemiah 4:13 - in the lower places Nehemiah 4:17 - with one Nehemiah 6:5 - with an open letter Psalms 144:1 - teacheth Jeremiah 43:12 - putteth Matthew 11:12 - from Matthew 13:39 - enemy John 18:11 - Put Acts 5:3 - why Romans 7:21 - a law Romans 8:38 - nor 1 Corinthians 14:8 - General Ephesians 4:27 - General Philippians 1:30 - the same 2 Timothy 2:3 - a good James 4:7 - Resist 1 Peter 5:9 - resist
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
class="poetry"> What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. "Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. "Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the ‘more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses. Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: "‘Who do you think you are— getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?' Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim? You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Put on the whole armour of God,.... Not that which God himself is sometimes clothed with, and uses against his enemies; but what he has provided for his people, and furnishes them with; the particulars of which are after mentioned: and it is called "the armour of God", because it is prepared by him for his people, and is bestowed on them by him; and because it is in its own nature divine and spiritual, and not carnal; and because it is provided for fighting the Lord's battles, and is used in them; and because the efficacy of it is from him, and the execution it does is owing to him: and it is whole, complete, and perfect; and all of it is useful, and no part to be neglected, but all to be taken and "put on"; which is not to make and provide this armour, but to take it, as in Ephesians 6:13; as being ready made and provided, and to expect and prepare for battle, and make use of it; and this supposes saints to be in a warfare state, and that they are in the character of soldiers, and have enemies to fight with, and therefore should be accoutred with proper and suitable armour, to meet them:
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil; who is the grand enemy of Christ and his people, and a very powerful and cunning one he is; so that the whole armour of God should be put on, which is proof against all his might and craft, in order to stand against him, oppose him, and fight, and get the victory over him, which in the issue is always obtained by believers; for they not only stand their ground in the strength of Christ, and by the use of their armour confound his schemes, and baffle all his arts and stratagems, but are more than conquerors through him that has loved them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Put on the whole armor of God - The whole description here is derived from the weapons of an ancient soldier. The various parts of those weapons - constituting the “whole panoply” - are specified in Ephesians 6:14-17. The word rendered “whole armor” πανοπλίαν panoplian, “panoply”), means “complete armor,” offensive and defensive; see Luke 11:22; Romans 13:12 note; 2 Corinthians 6:7 note. “The armor of God” is not that which God wears, but that which he has provided for the Christian soldier. The meaning here is:
(1) That we are not to provide in our warfare such weapons as people employ in their contests, but such as God provides; that we are to renounce the weapons which are carnal, and put on such as God has directed for the achievement of the victory.
(2) We are to put on the “whole armor.” We are not to go armed partly with what God has appointed, and partly with such weapons as people use; nor are we to put on “a part” of the armor only, but the “whole” of it. A man needs “all” that armor if he is about to fight the battles of the Lord; and if he lacks “one” of the weapons which God has appointed, defeat may be the consequence.
That ye may be able to stand - The foes are so numerous and mighty, that unless clothed with the divine armor, victory will be impossible.
Against the wiles of the devil - The word rendered “wiles” (μεθοδεία methodeia), means properly that which is traced out with “method;” that which is “methodized;” and then that which is well laid - art, skill, cunning. It occurs in the New Testament only in Ephesians 4:14, and in this place. It is appropriately rendered here as “wiles,” meaning cunning devices, arts, attempts to delude and destroy us. The wiles “of the devil” are the various arts and stratagems which he employs to drag souls down to perdition. We can more easily encounter open force than we can cunning; and we need the weapons of Christian armor to meet the attempts to draw us into a snare, as much as to meet open force. The idea here is, that Satan does not carry on an open warfare. He does not meet the Christian soldier face to face. He advances covertly; makes his approaches in darkness; employs cunning rather than power, and seeks rather to delude and betray than to vanquish by mere force. Hence, the necessity of being constantly armed to meet him whenever the attack is made. A man who has to contend with a visible enemy, may feel safe if he only prepares to meet him in the open field. But far different is the case if the enemy is invisible; if he steals upon us slyly and stealthily; if he practices war only by ambushes and by surprises. Such is the foe that we have to contend with - and almost all the Christian struggle is a warfare against stratagems and wiles. Satan does not openly appear. He approaches us not in repulsive forms, but comes to recommend some plausible doctrine, to lay before us some temptation that shall not immediately repel us. He presents the world in an alluring aspect; invites us to pleasures that seem to be harmless, and leads us in indulgence until we have gone so far that we cannot retreat.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 11. Put on the whole armour of God — Ενδυσασθε την πανοπλιαν του Θεου. The apostle considers every Christian as having a warfare to maintain against numerous, powerful, and subtle foes; and that therefore they would need much strength, much courage, complete armour, and skill to use it. The panoply which is mentioned here refers to the armour of the heavy troops among the Greeks; those who were to sustain the rudest attacks, who were to sap the foundations of walls, storm cities, c. Their ordinary armour was the shield, the helmet, the sword, and the greaves or brazen boots. To all these the apostle refers below. Ephesians 6:13.
The wiles of the devil. — Τας μεθοδειας του διαβολου· The methods of the devil the different means, plans, schemes, and machinations which he uses to deceive, entrap, enslave, and ruin the souls of men. A man's method of sinning is Satan's method of ruining his soul. Ephesians 4:14.
