Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore,—having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15And shod your feet with the readiness of the glad-message of peace;
Cross References
Isaiah 11:5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,—And faithfulness the girdle of his reins;
Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,
Ephesians 5:9For, the fruit of the light, is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,—
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, keeping sober, perseveringly direct your hope unto the favour, being borne along to you, in the revealing of Jesus Christ:
Revelation 9:17And, thus, saw I the horses in the vision,—and them who were sitting upon them, having breastplates as of fire and hyacinth and brimstone;—and, the heads of the horses, were as heads of lions, and, out of their mouths, come forth 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 →