Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, being girded about as to your loins with truth, and being invested with the breastplate of righteousness,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15and being shod as to your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Cross References
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;
Ephesians 5:9(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
1 Peter 1:13Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 9:17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having breastplates as of fire, and of hyacinth, and of brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as of the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceeds 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 →