In Eph. 6:11, we are told to “put on the whole armor” (or panoply) of God. It is spiritual armor and consists of five defensive and one offensive part. The whole and each part speaks to us of Christ—the whole Rom. 13:14; the girdle of truth, John 14:6; the breastplate of righteousness, Jer. 23:6; the gospel of peace, Eph. 2:14: the shield of faith Psa. 28:7; the helmet of salvation, Pa. 17:1; the sword of the spirit, Rev. 19:13. The armor of light (Rom. 13:12) is much the same as the armor of (practical) righteousness (2 Cor. 6:7) of which the weapons or arias are our members (Rom. 6:13, margin). These arms are not to fight the flesh (which is dead, and is to be counted so by faith) but the devil and every form of spiritual wickedness.