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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:15

Verse 15 15.And your feet shod. The allusion, if I mistake not, is to the military greaves; for they were always reckoned a part of the armor, and were even used for domestic purposes. As soldiers covered their legs and feet to protect them against cold and other injuries, so we must be shod with the gospel, if we would pass unhurt through the world. It is the gospel of peace, and it is so called, as every reader must perceive, from its effects; for it is the message of our reconciliation to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:16

Verse 16 16.Taking the shield of faith. Though faith and the word of God are one, yet Paul assigns to them two distinct offices. I call them one, because the word is the object of faith, and cannot be applied to our use but by faith; as faith again is nothing, and can do nothing, without the word. But Paul, neglecting so subtle a distinction, allowed himself to expatiate at large on the military armor. In the first Epistle to the Thessalonians he gives both to faith and to love the name of a... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:17

Verse 17 17.And take the helmet of salvation. In a passage already quoted, (1 Thessalonians 5:8,) “the hope of salvation” is said to be a helmet, which I consider to be in the same sense as this passage. The head is protected by the best helmet, when, elevated by hope, we look up towards heaven to that salvation which is promised. It is only therefore by becoming the object of hope that salvation is a helmet. read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:18

Verse 18 18.Praying always with all prayer. Having instructed the Ephesians to put on their armor, he now enjoins them to fight by prayer. This is the true method. To call upon God is the chief exercise of faith and hope; and it is in this way that we obtain from God every blessing. Prayer and supplication are not greatly different from each other, except that supplication is only one branch of prayer With all perseverance. We are exhorted to persevere in prayer. Every tendency to weariness... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:19

Verse 19 19.And for me. For himself, in a particular manner, he enjoins the Ephesians to pray. Hence we infer that there is no man so richly endowed with gifts as not to need this kind of assistance from his brethren, so long as he remains in this world. Who will ever be better entitled to plead exemption from this necessity than Paul? Yet he entreats the prayers of his brethren, and not hypocritically, but from an earnest desire of their aid. And what does he wish that they should ask for... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:20

Verse 20 20.As I ought to speak; meaning, that to proclaim the truth of the gospel as it ought to be proclaimed, is a high and rare attainment. Every word here deserves to be carefully weighed. Twice he uses the expression boldly, — “that I may open my mouth boldly, ” “that therein I may speak boldly. ” Fear hinders us from preaching Christ openly and fearlessly, while the absence of all restraint and disguise in confessing Christ is demanded from his ministers. Paul does not ask for himself... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10

Finally . The apostle has now reached his last passage, and by this word quickens the attention of his readers and prepares them for a counsel eminently weighty in itself, and gathering up the pith and marrow, as it were, of what goes before. "My brethren," A.V., is rejected by R.V, and most modern commentators, for lack of external evidence. We note, however, that, whereas in the preceding verses he had distributed the Ephesians into groups, giving an appropriate counsel to each, he now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10

The secret of spiritual strength. This strength is needed under all the burdens, in all the conflicts and temptations of life, beneath its sorrows and its cares—strength of heart, strength of purpose, strength of will. I. " BE STRONG ." This is a strange command, just as strange as it would be for a physician to say to a weak man, "Be strong." It is like the command, "Rejoice in the Lord;" but it seems more difficult by any volition of our own to add to our strength than to add to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10

Divine strength. As the Epistle draws to a close, St. Paul gives emphasis to the requisition of Divine strength by singling it out for a final word of exhortation. The doctrinal principles of the earlier chapters lead up to the practical duties of the later, and these several duties to the need of Divine strength wherewith to discharge them in face of the assaults of evil. I. CHRISTIANS ARE EXHORTED TO BE STRONG . Spiritual strength is decision of character and force of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10-20

THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE . read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 6:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:10-20

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