¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,^(A) with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.^{(B) 17} Take the helmet of salvation^(C) and the sword of the Spirit,^(D) which is the word of God.^(E)

¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit^(F) on all occasions^(G) with all kinds of prayers and requests.^(H) With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying^(I) for all the Lord’s people.

³ For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.^{(A) 4} The weapons we fight with^(B) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power^(C) to demolish strongholds.^{(D) 5} We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,^(E) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient^(F) to Christ.