¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,^(A) with the breastplate of righteousness in place,^(B)

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^(A) and purify us from all unrighteousness.^(B)

⁷ in truthful speech^(A) and in the power of God;^(B) with weapons of righteousness^(C) in the right hand and in the left;

Praise to the Lord

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴ “To the angel of the church in Laodicea^(A) write:

¹³ and among the lampstands^(A) was someone like a son of man,^[a](B) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet^(C) and with a golden sash around his chest.^(D)

Living for God

4 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body,^(A) arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.^(B)