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Eph. 6:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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Eph. 4:24• ²⁴And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Eph. 4:24)

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Rom. 13:14• ¹⁴But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (Rom. 13:14)

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Col. 3:10• ¹⁰And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: (Col. 3:10)

the whole.

Eph. 6:13• ¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)

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Rom. 13:12• ¹²The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Rom. 13:12)

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2 Cor. 6:7• ⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (2 Cor. 6:7)

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2 Cor. 10:4• ⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (2 Cor. 10:4)

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1 Thess. 5:8• ⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thess. 5:8)

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Eph. 6:13• ¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)

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Luke 14:29‑31• ²⁹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
³⁰Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
³¹Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? (Luke 14:29‑31)

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1 Cor. 10:13• ¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13)

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Heb. 7:25• ²⁵Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Heb. 7:25)

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Jude 24• ²⁴Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, (Jude 24)

the wiles.

Eph. 4:14• ¹⁴That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; (Eph. 4:14)

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Mark 13:22• ²²For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. (Mark 13:22)

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2 Cor. 2:11• ¹¹Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: 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 world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Cor. 4:4)

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2 Cor. 11:3,13‑15• ³But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
¹⁵Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers 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• ⁹Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
¹⁰And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
¹¹And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (2 Thess. 2:9‑11)

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1 Peter 5:8• ⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because 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, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
²And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
³And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)

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Rev. 2:24• ²⁴But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. (Rev. 2:24)

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Rev. 12:9• ⁹And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Rev. 12:9)

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Rev. 13:11‑15• ¹¹And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
¹²And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
¹⁴And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
¹⁵And he had power to give life unto 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 miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)

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Rev. 20:2‑3,7‑8• ²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
³And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
⁷And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
⁸And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is 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:

JND Translation Notes

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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;