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Put on the whole armorg of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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Rom. 13:12• ¹²The night is far spent, and the day is near: let us therefore put off the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God. Through the arms of righteousness on the right and left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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Eph. 4:24• ²⁴and put on the new man, that according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of truth. (Eph. 4:24)

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Rom. 13:14• ¹⁴but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and take no forethought of the flesh with a view to lusts. (Rom. 13:14)

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Col. 3:10• ¹⁰and having put on the new that is renewed in full knowledge according to [the] image of him that created him; (Col. 3:10)

the whole.

Eph. 6:13• ¹³On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)

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Rom. 13:12• ¹²The night is far spent, and the day is near: let us therefore put off the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God. Through the arms of righteousness on the right and left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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2 Cor. 10:4• ⁴For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly but powerful with God to the pulling down of strongholds, (2 Cor. 10:4)

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1 Thess. 5:8• ⁸but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:8)

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Eph. 6:13• ¹³On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)

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Luke 14:29‑31• ²⁹{i}in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,{/i}
³⁰{i}saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?{/i}
³¹{i}Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?{/i} (Luke 14:29‑31)

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1 Cor. 10:13• ¹³No temptation hath taken you save a human one: but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the issue that ye may be able to bear [it]. (1 Cor. 10:13)

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Heb. 7:25• ²⁵Whence also he is able to save completely those that approach God through him, as ever living to intercede for them. (Heb. 7:25)

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Jude 24• ²⁴But to him that is able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you with exultation blameless before his glory; (Jude 24)

the wiles.

Eph. 4:14• ¹⁴that we may no longer be babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of doctrine in the sleight of men, in craftiness for the scheming of error, (Eph. 4:14)

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Mark 13:22• ²²for false Christs and false prophets shall arise, and give signs and wonders {i}to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.{/i} (Mark 13:22)

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2 Cor. 2:11• ¹¹that we might not be overreached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his devices. (2 Cor. 2:11)

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2 Cor. 4:4• ⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:4)

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2 Cor. 11:3,13‑15• ³But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward Christ.
¹³For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ:
¹⁴and no wonder, for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light:
¹⁵[it is] no great thing then if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. (2 Cor. 11:3,13‑15)

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2 Thess. 2:9‑11• ⁹whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
¹⁰and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
¹¹And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error that they should believe falsehood, (2 Thess. 2:9‑11)

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1 Peter 5:8• ⁸Be vigilant, watch: your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour; (1 Peter 5:8)

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2 Peter 2:1‑3• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition;
²and many shall follow their dissolutenesses; because of whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)

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Rev. 2:24• ²⁴But to you I say, the rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine which have not known the depths of Satan (as they say): I put upon you no other burden: (Rev. 2:24)

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Rev. 12:9• ⁹And the great dragon was cast {i}out{/i}, the ancient serpent, that is called {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable {i}world{/i}: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast with him. (Rev. 12:9)

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Rev. 13:11‑15• ¹¹And I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
¹²And all the authority of the first beast he exerciseth before him, and causeth the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
¹³And he doeth great signs, so that even fire he maketh come down out of the heaven unto the earth before men;
¹⁴and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived.
¹⁵And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause [that] as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Rev. 13:11‑15)

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Rev. 19:20• ²⁰And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)

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Rev. 20:2‑3,7‑8• ²And he laid hold on the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
³and cast him into the abyss, and shut and sealed {i}it{/i} over him, that he might deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished: after these must he be loosed a little space.
⁷And when the thousand years shall have been finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
⁸and shall go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together unto the war: the number of whom {i}is{/i} as the sand of the sea. (Rev. 20:2‑3,7‑8)

• He must have the whole armor. To be wanting in one piece exposes us to Satan on that side. The armor must be that of God-divine in its nature. Human armor will not ward off the attacks of Satan. (“Ephesians 6” by J.N. Darby)

• What we have to overcome are the wiles of the devil. His power over us is broken. (“Ephesians 6” by J.N. Darby)

• The panoply is against Satan and not God. It is a question not of acceptance before God, but of resisting the enemy who would take advantage of loose ways and a bad conscience. (“Ephesians 6” by W. Kelly)

• We have to stand, not so much against the strength of the devil (Christ did this) as against his wiles. (“James 5:13-15” by W. Kelly)

• Still we have to fight. It will not do to plead our weakness or His strength in order to shirk our responsibility. We must not merely look at, or point to, the panoply of God as our possession, so to speak, but must put it on at His bidding. (“James 5:13-15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Put ond the panoplye of God, that ye may be able to stand against the artifices of the devil:

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Aorist, meaning "have it put on."

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i.e. "the complete armour." The word is used only here and in Luke 11.22.

W. Kelly Translation

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Put on the panoply of God, that ye may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil;