Praise to the Lord for His Faithfulness to Israel.

The Lord, an Abundant Helper.

² and he said,

The Armor of God

¹⁰ Finally, ^(A)be strong in the Lord and in ^(B)the strength of His might. ^11 (C)Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the ^(D)schemes of the devil. ¹² For our ^(E)struggle is not against ^[a](F)flesh and blood, but ^(G)against the rulers, against the powers, against the ^(H)world forces of this ^(I)darkness, against the ^(J)spiritual forces of wickedness in ^(K)the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore, take up ^(L)the full armor of God, so that you will be able to ^(M)resist on ^(N)the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand firm therefore, ^(O)having belted your waist with truth, and having ^(P)put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having ^(Q)strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace; ^16 [b]in addition to all, taking up the ^(R)shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the ^(S)flaming arrows of ^(T)the evil one. ¹⁷ And take ^(U)the helmet of salvation and the ^(V)sword of the Spirit, which is ^(W)the word of God.

^18 [c]With every ^(X)prayer and request, ^[d](Y)pray at all times ^(Z)in the Spirit, and with this in view, ^[e](AA)be alert with all ^(AB)perseverance and every ^(AC)request for all the ^[f]saints, ¹⁹ and ^(AD)pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me ^(AE)in the opening of my mouth, to make known with ^(AF)boldness ^(AG)the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ^(AH)ambassador ^(AI)in ^[g]chains; that ^[h]in proclaiming it I may speak ^(AJ)boldly, ^(AK)as I ought to speak.

¹⁷ So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb ^(A)four days. ¹⁸ Now ^(B)Bethany was near Jerusalem, about ^[a]fifteen stadia away; ¹⁹ and many of ^(C)the Jews had come to ^(D)Martha and Mary, ^(E)to console them about their brother. ²⁰ So then ^(F)Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but ^(G)Mary ^[b]stayed in the house. ²¹ Martha then said to Jesus, “^(H)Lord, ^(I)if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² Even now I know that ^(J)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” ²³ Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.” ²⁴ Martha *said to Him, “^(K)I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, “^(L)I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in Me ^(M)will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have come to believe that You are ^(N)the ^[c]Christ, the Son of God, and ^[d](O)He who comes into the world.”

³⁸ So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a ^(A)cave, and a stone was lying against it. ³⁹ Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time ^[a]there will be a stench, for he has been dead ^(B)four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus *said to her, “^(C)Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they removed the ^(D)stone. And Jesus ^(E)raised His eyes, and said, “^(F)Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴² But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, ^(G)because of the ^[b]people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that ^(H)You sent Me.” ⁴³ And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ Out came the man who had died, ^(I)bound hand and foot with wrappings, and ^(J)his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”