Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Cross References
Isaiah 11:5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Ephesians 5:9(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Revelation 9:17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates [as] of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 6:11-19
The Spiritual Warfare. ( a. d. 61.) 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,… Read the whole commentary →