Ephesians 6:14
Stand up therefore, and gird your loins with truth; and put on the breastplate of righteousness;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
15and defend your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
Cross References
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning.
Ephesians 5:9For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
Revelation 9:17And while I looked on the horses in the vision, and on them who sat on them I saw that the breastplates were of fire, and of jacinth, and of sulphur. And the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and from their mouths issued fire, and smoke, and sulphur.
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 →