The full armor of God

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The full armor of God is found in the Holy Bible in Ephesians 6:10-18. The Apostle Paul wrote this passage to teach believers how to stand firm against spiritual battles by using six spiritual pieces of equipment representing truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, and God’s word.

The Six Pieces of Armor

  • Belt of truth: Buckled around the waist, representing God’s absolute truth and integrity.
  • Breastplate of righteousness: Protecting the heart, symbolizing Christ’s righteousness protecting a believer’s moral character.
  • Feet fitted with readiness (Gospel of peace): Providing a firm, stable foundation and readiness to share the good news.
  • Shield of faith: Used to block and put out the flaming arrows or attacks of the enemy.
  • Helmet of salvation: Guarding the mind and thoughts with the assurance of eternal life in Christ.
  • Sword of the Spirit: The only active weapon listed, identified directly as the word of God.

Purpose and Application

  • Spiritual warfare: Paul reminds believers that their true struggle is not against other people (flesh and blood), but against unseen spiritual forces of evil.
  • Prayer: The passage concludes with an instruction to pray at all times and stay persistent in the Spirit.
  • You can read the complete text directly on Bible Gateway.

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I think you missed one Brother. It’s commonly to miss for many Christians and happens a lot but there it is ig you keep reading, and it’s also an offensive weapon!

Ephesians 6:18

**18 **Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;…/KJV

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A.T Robertson and M.R Vincent together with Precept Austin exellent tools for a study on the Armor of YHWH @christs-love.g.

Shalom.

J.

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Thank you for this. I will be learning about it, this armour we put on daily.

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In Ephesians 6:11, Paul speaks of putting on the whole armor of God as a decisive act:

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

The verb ἐνδύσασθε (endusasthe) is aorist middle imperative. The aorist imperative normally presents the action as a whole, rather than emphasizing repeated or ongoing action.

So, grammatically, Paul gives a command to put on the armor, not a command that says, “keep putting it on repeatedly.”

However, we should distinguish the initial act of putting on the armor from the ongoing activity of standing in it. Paul repeatedly commands believers to stand:

“that ye may be able to stand” (6:11)
“that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day” (6:13)
“and having done all, to stand” (6:13)
“Stand therefore” (6:14)

So I would formulate it this way:

We put on the armor as a complete act, and then we stand in it. The text does not say that we continually put the armor on again and again.

J.