¹⁴ Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.

⁸ But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.

Be Ready for the Lord’s Coming

³⁵ “Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning,

A Call to Holy Living

¹³ So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

⁷ We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.

⁹ For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

¹⁷ And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths.

⁹ They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle.