Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Finally, Put On The Full Armor of God So You Can Stand Against The Spiritual Forces of Evil

¹⁰ Finally, become-strong in the Lord and in the might of His strength. ¹¹ Put-on the full-armor of God so-that you may be able to stand against the schemes^[a] of the devil, ¹² because the struggle^[b] for us is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-powers^[c] of this darkness, against the spiritual forces^[d] of evilness in the heavenly-places. ¹³ For this reason, take-up the full-armor of God in order that you may be able to resist^[e] on the evil day, and having worked^[f] everything, to stand.

Stand Armored With Truth, Righteousness, And Faith, Wielding God’s Word And Prayer

¹⁴ Stand [firm] therefore, having girded^[g] your waist with truth, and having put-on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having sandaled your feet with the readiness^[h] of the good-news of peace, ¹⁶ with all these having taken-up the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword^[i] of ^[j] the Spirit, which is the Word of God, ¹⁸ praying with every-kind-of prayer and petition at every opportunity^[k] in the Spirit, and keeping-alert for it with all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints— ¹⁹ and for me, that a word may be given to me in connection with the opening of my mouth with boldness to make-known the mystery of the good-news ²⁰ for the sake of which I am-an-ambassador in a chain, that with^[l] it I may speak-boldly^[m] as I ought-to speak.