Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:13
‘Because of this take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.’ Such foes demonstrate the importance of being clothed in the armour of God, so we must ensure that we put it on. Indeed we have the responsibility of putting it on, and much Christian failure lies in our failure to do so adequately, for the enemy will attack the parts that are unprotected. We need ‘the whole armour’. ‘To withstand in the evil day, and having done... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:11-12
‘Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.’ The armour does not fall on us, we have to put it on. We cannot defeat the enemy by our own efforts but we can put on the armour, the armour of truth, of righteousness, of faith, of His word,... read more