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Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:13

EPHESIANS THE PANOPLY OF GOD Eph_6:13 The military metaphor of which this verse is the beginning was obviously deeply imprinted on Paul’s mind. It is found in a comparatively incomplete form in his earliest epistle, the first to the Thessalonians, in which the children of the day are exhorted to put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. It reappears, in a slightly varied form, in the Epistle to the Romans, where those whose salvation is nearer than... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:14

EPHESIANS ‘THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ Eph_6:14 There can be no doubt that in this whole context the Apostle has in mind the great passage in Isaiah 59 where the prophet, in a figure of extreme boldness, describes the Lord as arming Himself to deliver the oppressed faithful, and coming as a Redeemer to Zion. In that passage the Lord puts on righteousness as a breastplate-that is to say, God, in His manifestation of Himself for the deliverance of His people, comes forth as if arrayed in... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:15

EPHESIANS A SOLDIER’S SHOES Eph_6:15 Paul drew the first draft of this picture of the Christian armour in his first letter. It is a finished picture here. One can fancy that the Roman soldier to whom he was chained in his captivity, whilst this letter was being written, unconsciously sat for his likeness, and that each piece of his accoutrements was seized in succession by the Apostle’s imagination and turned to a Christian use. It is worth noticing that there is only one offensive weapon... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:16

EPHESIANS THE SHIELD OF FAITH Eph_6:16 There were two kinds of shields in use in ancient warfare-one smaller, carried upon the arm, and which could be used, by a movement of the arm, for the defence of threatened parts of the body in detail; the other large, planted in front of the soldier, fixed in the ground, and all but covering his whole person. It is the latter which is referred to in the text, as the word which describes it clearly shows. That word is connected with the Greek word... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:17

EPHESIANS ‘THE HELMET OF SALVATION’ Eph_6:17 We may, perhaps, trace a certain progress in the enumeration of the various pieces of the Christian armour in this context. Roughly speaking, they are in three divisions. There are first our graces of truth, righteousness, preparedness, which, though they are all conceived as given by God, are yet the exercises of our own powers. There is next, standing alone, as befits its all-comprehensive character, faith which is able to ward against and... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:18

EPHESIANS ‘THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT’ Eph_6:18 We reach here the last and only offensive weapon in the panoply. The ‘of’ here does not indicate apposition, as in the ‘shield of faith,’ or ‘the helmet of salvation,’ nor is it the ‘of’ of possession, so that the meaning is to be taken as being the sword which the Spirit wields, but it is the ‘of’ expressing origin, as in the ‘armour of God’; it is the sword which the Spirit supplies. The progress noted in the last sermon from subjective graces... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:23

EPHESIANS PEACE, LOVE, AND FAITH Eph_6:23 The numerous personal greetings usually found at the close of Paul’s letters are entirely absent from this Epistle. All which we have in their place is this entirely general good wish, and the still more general and wider one in the subsequent verse. There is but one other of the Apostle’s letters similarly devoid of personal messages, viz. the Epistle to the Galatians, and their absence there is sufficiently accounted for by the severe and stern... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:24

EPHESIANS THE WIDE RANGE OF GOD’S GRACE Eph_6:24 In turning to the great words which I have read as a text, I ask you to mark their width and their simplicity. They are wide; they follow a very comprehensive benediction, with which, so to speak, they are concentric. But they sweep a wider circle. The former verse says, ‘Peace be to the brethren.’ But beyond the brethren in these Asiatic churches as a kind of circular letter to whom this epistle was probably sent there rises before the mind... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-12

Children and Parents; Servants and Masters Ephesians 6:1-12 Where our religion is true, it will affect every relationship in life. The love of Christ must find its manifestation in nursery and in kitchen, in workshop and in municipal chamber. But notice that its duties are reciprocal. We must give on our side, just as we expect others to give on theirs. The first duty of children is obedience. They must be taught to obey because it is right, and their conscience bears witness to the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 6:13-24

“Finally, Be Strong in the Lord” Ephesians 6:13-24 Many would be strong, but fail because they forget that they can be effectively so only “in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.” Paul had a very vivid conception of the powerful forces that are arrayed against the Church. He is not dealing here especially with our personal temptations, but with those hosts of wicked spirits that lie behind the evil of the world. It is probable that the vast systems which oppose the gospel-the... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:13

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:14

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:15

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:16

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:17

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:18

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:23

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 6:24

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-12

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Ephesians 6:13-24

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