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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Ephesians 6:13

In the evil day; times of temptation, and Satan's greatest rage: see Ephesians 5:16. Having done all; all that belongs to good soldiers of Jesus Christ, all that we can do being little enough to secure our standing. To stand; as conquerors do that keep the field, not being beaten down, nor giving way.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 13. _WHEREFORE_] Because ye have such enemies to contend with, _take unto you_-assume, as provided and prepared for you, _the_ _whole armour of God_; which armour if you put on and use, you sha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THE EVIL DAY - The day of temptation; the day when you are violently assaulted. AND HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND - Margin, “or overcome.” The Greek word means, to work out, effect, or produce; and the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. THE WARFARE AND THE PANOPLY OF GOD CHAPTER 6:10-20 __ 1. The warfare (Ephesians 6:10) 2. The panoply of God (Ephesians 6:13) Christian warfare or conflict is with the devil and his wiles, with...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR AND THE ARMOUR OF GOD. For the rest, the Christian must be strong in the Lord, equipped with God's armour, in face of the devil's wiles. He wrestles, not against mere human foes,...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his strength. Put on the armour of God. so that you may be able to stand against the devices of the devil. It is not with blood and flesh you have to...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Ephesians 6:1-4)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHEREFORE. On account of (Greek. _dia)_ this. TAKE UNTO YOU. take up. WITHSTAND. Greek. _anthistemi._ See Romans 9:19. THE EVIL DAY. Perpetually, because the days are evil; Ephesians 5:16. Compare...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _take unto_you] Lit., TAKE UP, even as Æneas (if the illustration may be reverently offered) took up, and examined, and girt on, the god-wrought panoply brought him by his Mother, on the verge of war...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Spiritual Combat: the Secret of Strength; the Antagonists; the Armour; Intercessory Prayer...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE CHRISTIAN ARMOUR The closing section of the Ep. St Paul has described in Ephesians 2:2 the condition of the world out of which Christians had been taken, and in which (Ephesians 5:6-13) they have...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΔΙᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ�, Ephesians 6:16. Constantly used of taking up arms, Deuteronomy 1:41; Jeremiah 26:3; Jdt 6:12; 2Ma 10:27 etc. with τὰς πανοπλίας

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΝΑΛΆΒΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΝΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G353) подбирать. Это военный термин, описывающий последние приготовления и шаги перед фактическим началом битвы (Barth). _Aor. imper._ требует немедленного...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2127 TO WITHSTAND THE POWER OF SATAN Ephesians 6:12. _For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this wor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 6:10-20) D. Put on the whole armor of God. Ephesians 6:10-20. 1. Exhortation to be strengthened. Ephesians 6:10-13. a.

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    (6:13-17) Here then is "the full armor of God" for the Saint...It is given that you "may be able to stand...and having done everything you know to do, to remain standing." The picture is one of victor...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. WHEREFORE - since we have such formidable foes. TAKE ... OF GOD -...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ The Joint Body-In the Lord 32 There are three secrets in Ephesians: the secret of Christ (Eph_1:9), the secret administration (Eph_3:9) and the secret of marriage, here referred to. The physical...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:13 take (g-4) 'Take,' 'taken,' vers, 13 and 16, are aorists. The sense is 'taking up,' as arms or clothes to put on. taking a person with you, 2 Timothy 4:11 . things, (h-26) Or 'having overcome all...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    'Against these superhuman powers nothing less than the whole armour of God will suffice; but with that the Christian warrior is safe.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RULES FOR THE FAMILY. THE CHRISTIAN'S AEMOUE 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 6 6:1-4 ~ CHILDREN AND PARENTS V1 Children, you must obey your parents. This is because the *Lord has...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IN THE EVIL DAY. — Comp. Ephesians 5:15, “Because the days are evil.” The evil day is any day of which it may be said in our Lord’s words, “This is your hour, and the power of darkness” (Luke 22:53)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (6. CONCLUSION (Ephesians 6:10). (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to put on the whole armour of God, in order to stand fast in the struggle, not against flesh and blood, but against unearthly powers of evil (Ep...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 29 THE DIVINE PANOPLY Ephesians 6:13 "Stand" is the watchword for this battle, the apostle's order of the day: that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, that you may...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    διὰ τοῦτο ἀναλάβετε τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ : _wherefore take up the whole armour of God_. διὰ τοῦτο, _i.e._, because your enemies are such as these. ἀναλαβεῖν is the accepted term for taking up arms,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    General concluding exhortation, following up the injunctions bearing on the particular, domestic duties. This comprehensive charge, which is expressed in terms of the Christian's spiritual warfare, th...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD” Ephesians 6:13 Many would be strong, but fail because they forget that they can be effectively so only “in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.” Paul had a ver...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The Christian's Armor Christians were urged by Paul to put on God's armor. He said they should stand their ground because the forces of evil were going to attack (1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 16...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (14) Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the (i) evil day, and having done all, to stand. (14) He shows that these enemies are put to flight only with...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (10) В¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. (11) Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For we wrestl...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _READY FOR SERVICE_ ‘Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.’ Ephesians 6:13 Let me give you two watchwords I. PUT Y...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    I. INTRODUCTION A. Tonight we conclude our study of the book of Ephesians. 1. We have seen how a Christian is supposed to live his/her life drastically different than the world! 2. Proper, Biblical...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._Wherefore take unto you. _Though our enemy is so powerful, Paul does not infer that we must throw away our spears, but that we must prepare our minds for the battle. A promise of victory is, indee...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But it is not only that there is a line of conduct to follow, a model to imitate, a Spirit with whom one may be filled, it is not only relationships between oneself and God, and those in which we stan...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD,.... This is a repetition of the exhortation in Ephesians 6:11; which repetition seems necessary by reason of the many powerful enemies mentioned in the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Ver. 13. _That ye may be able to withstand_] Not seeking to resist Sa...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Wherefore_ On this account, because the prize for which you contend is of such great value, and the enemies that oppose you are so subtle, powerful, and malicious, and will assuredly exert themselves...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD; literally the panoply of God; namely, the complete armor which he has provided for you in the gospel of his Son. THE EVIL DAY; when tempted to sin, assailed by enemies, and be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CHRISTIAN'S SPIRITUAL ARMOR AND ITS USE. The enemies:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WHEREFORE, TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY, AND, HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND. This closing admonition of the letter to the Ephesians has rightly bee...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as subject to the Lord's authority. False...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    CHAPTER 6 ______________ must obey their parents. Parents must give direction that is in the __________. This is God's plan from the creation and it is __________. Children are to __________ their p...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HAVING DONE ALL: Or, having overcome all...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    “WHEREFORE TAKE UP THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY, AND, HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND” “Wherefore”: “Because Paul's readers must fight. foe that is scheming, inhu...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-18 Spiritual strength and courage are needed for our spiritual warfare and suffering. Those who would prove themselves to have true grace, must aim at all grace; and put on the whole armour of God...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Address of Tatian to the Greeks But now this they can by no means effect, for they have not the power; but they make war by means of the lower matter against the matter that is like themselves. Shoul...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ephesians 6:13 Therefore G1223 G5124 up G353 (G5628) armor G3833 God G2316 that G2443 able G1410 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Because of this take up the whole armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.' Such foes demonstrate the importance of being clothed in the armou...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ARMOUR OF GOD AND THE BATTLE THAT LIES AHEAD (6:10-20). Having given general teaching Paul now closes the letter with a reminder that we are in a spiritual battle and need to take the proper prec...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Ephesians 6:13. WHEREFORE. Against such superhuman foes we need not only Divine strength (‘in the Lord') but Divine equipment, defensive and offensive. TAKE UP. A technical term, used of taking armo...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION: BE STRENGTHENED IN THE LORD, AND PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD. Having exhorted his readers with respect to these various duties, the Apostle most appropriately concludes the prac...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    TAKE UP (αναλαβετε). Second aorist active imperative of αναλαμβανω, old word and used (αναλαβων) of "picking up" Mark in 2 Timothy 4:11.THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND (ινα δυνηθητε αντιστηνα). F...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ephesians 6 I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies of his country. What are the spiritual truths, the Chri...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ephesians 6:13 The reason expressed in this word "wherefore" is contained in the passage before the text. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood," says St. Paul, "but against spiritual wickedness in...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ephesians 6:13 I. Note the prohibition involved in the precept. It forbids (1) indolent or even weary sleep; (2) cowardly or even politic flight; (3) a treacherous or even a desponding surrender; (4)...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ephesians 6:12 The Unseen Powers. I. That which lies on the very surface of St. Paul's language is this commanding truth: that spiritual forces are much greater than material forces. It takes time an...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Ephesians 6:10. _Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might._ Everything depends upon that. Whether you are called upon to work, or to wait, or to watch, or to suffer,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right._ Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God. Ephesians 6:2. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first comm...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus. CONCLUSION: The Christian life is a warfare, a struggle not o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents,_ because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience quali...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    SO TAKE UP! "God has given you defensive armor against the wicked spiritual powers, but you must put it on!!! Then when the evil day of temptation comes, you will be able to resist the attack of these...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:13 THEREFORE. Because their enemies are superhuman spiritual forces, Christians cannot rely on human resources. They must TAKE UP THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD (see note on v....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:10 The Whole Armor of God. Paul concludes with instructions for all Christians. He portrays the Christian life as a spiritual warfare. There are three subsections: vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 6:13. IN THE EVIL DAY.—Compare Ephesians 5:16. A day of great peril. AND HAVING DONE ALL, TO STAND.—“When the hurly-burly’s done” to find oneself unvanquish...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 6:1 CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD: FOR THIS IS RIGHT. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," _i.e. _in Christ, this duty is confirmed. The ἐν Κυρ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now parent-child relationships, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right (Ephesians 6:1). That "in the Lord" I think is important. If your parents are not godly and if your parents...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 10:4; Amos 6:3; Colossians 4:12; Ecclesiastes 12:1;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Wherefore. Because the fight is with such powers. Take unto you [α ν α λ α β ε τ ε]. Lit., take up, as one takes up armor to put it on. So Rev. The whole armor. An interesting parallel passage, evide...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES Ephesians 6:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We believe we have given this sermon the correct name because the conflict which has come down through all the previous ages, which is now...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In the evil day — The war is perpetual; but the fight is one day less, another more, violent. The evil day is either at the approach of death, or in life; may be longer or shorter and admits of number...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. How our apostle having described the enemy in the foregoing verse, and set him forth in all his formidable strength and power, comes forth in the head of his Ephesian camp, gives. fre...

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