Ephesians 6:16

Ephesians 6:16

14 Stand therefore, ^ahaving girded your waist with truth, ^bhaving put on the breastplate of righteousness,

15 ^aand having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 above all, taking ^athe shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

17 And ^atake the helmet of salvation, and ^bthe sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

18 ^apraying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, ^bbeing watchful to this end with all perseverance and ^csupplication for all the saints—

19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, ^athat I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Taking up (analabontev). See verse Ephesians 6:13.

The shield of faith (ton qureon thv pistewv). Late word in this sense a large stone against the door in Homer, from qura, door, large and oblong (Latin scutum), aspiv being smaller and circular, only here in N.T.

To quench (sbesai). First aorist active infinitive of sbennumi, old word, to extinguish (Matthew 12:20).

All the fiery darts (panta ta belh ta pepurwmena). Belov is an old word for missile, dart (from ballw, to throw), only here in N.T. Pepurwmena is perfect passive participle of purow, old verb, to set on fire, from pur (fire). These darts were sometimes ablaze in order to set fire to the enemies' clothing or camp or homes just as the American Indians used to shoot poisoned arrows.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 6:16:**

2 Thessalonians 3:3
1 Timothy 1:19
2 Timothy 4:11
Revelation 1:15

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