Armor

How Nave’s arranged it

• The equipment of a soldierJeremiah 46:3Jeremiah 46:4Ephesians 6:14–17
• See Breastplate
• See Brigandine
• See Coat of Mail
• See Greave
• See Habergeon
• See Helmet
• See Shield
• FIGURATIVERomans 13:122 Corinthians 6:72 Corinthians 10:4Ephesians 6:11–171 Thessalonians 5:8

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Jeremiah 46:3

   “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 46:32 voices

   “After completing his prophecies concerning the people of Israel, he foretells what will happen to the other nations, teaching that he is Creator, God and Lord of all. First, he recounts those things that pertain to Egypt and teaches the time of this prophecy. The …

   “Therefore as the prophet Jeremiah has said, Take up arms and shields. Especially as the right hand of God our Savior is invincible in the battle, and as most wise Paul has said, he does not permit people to be tried more than they can bear, but with the trial he will make also the way out, that they may be able to endure patiently.

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2. Jeremiah 46:4

   Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

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   “Harness the horses,....

   “Furbish the spears - Cleanse, brighten, and sharpen them; from the Franco-Gallic fourbir, to polish, brighten. Brigandines - A coat of mail, especially that which was made scale fashion; one plate overlapping the other, like the scales of fish.

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3. Romans 13:12

   The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

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   “And this, knowing the time, that it is now the hour to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night has gone before, but the day has drawn near. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light; let us walk honorably, as in the day.

   “The night is far spent,....

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4. 2 Corinthians 6:7

   in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;

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   “For although the Scripture says, "Shall the clay say to the potter? " that is, Shall man contend with God? although the apostle speaks of "earthen vessels" he refers to man, who was originally clay.

   “By the word of truth,....

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5. 2 Corinthians 10:4

   The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

   ›Commentary on 2 Corinthians 10:42 voices

   Here, also, one who examines each word minutely can gain a very accurate knowledge of the meaning of the Holy Scripture, so that there is no excuse for any of us being led astray into the snare of sin by an erroneous belief that some sins are punished while others may be committed with impunity. For, what says the apostle?— "destroying counsels and every height that exalts itself against the knowledge of God"; so that every sin, because it is an expression of contempt for the divine law, is called a "height that exalts itself against the knowledge of God."

   “For the weapons of our warfare,.... By "warfare" is here meant, not that which is common to all believers, who are enlisted as volunteers under the captain of their salvation, and fight his battles, and are more than conquerors through him; but what is peculiar to the ministers of the Gospel; and designs the ministerial function, or office, and the discharge of it. So the Levitical function, or the ministerial service of the Levites, is called העבדה צבא, "the warfare of the service", Num 8:

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6. Ephesians 6:11–17

   Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

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   “From what we read of the Lord our Savior throughout the Scriptures, it is manifestly clear that the whole armor of Christ is the Savior himself. It is he whom we are asked to "put on." It is one and the same thing to say "Put on the whole armor of God" and "Put on the Lord Jesus Christ." Our belt is truth and our breastplate is righteousness. The Savior is also called both "truth" and "righteousness." So no one can doubt that he himself is that very belt and breastplate.

   “Put on the whole armor of God - The whole description here is derived from the weapons of an ancient soldier. The various parts of those weapons - constituting the “whole panoply” - are specified in Eph 6:14-17. The word rendered “whole armor” πανοπλίαν panoplian, “panoply”), means “complete armor,” offensive and defensive; see Luk 11:22; Rom 13:12 note; 2Co 6:7 note. “The armor of God” is not that which God wears, but that which he has provided for the Christian soldier.

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7. Ephesians 6:14–17

   Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

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   “Stand therefore - Prepare yourselves for combat, having your loins girt about with truth. He had told them before to take the whole armor of God, Eph 6:13, and to put on this whole armor. Having got all the pieces of it together, and the defensive parts put on, they were then to gird them close to their bodies with the ζωμα or girdle, and instead of a fine ornamented belt, such as the ancient warriors used, they were to have truth.

   "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth." Concerning the members of the soul mentioned in scripture, which are all referred to as members of the body, there is no doubt. I believe that one such member is now mentioned, the loins, which we are commanded to gird with truth. It is also written in the Gospel of Luke: "Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning" (Luke 12:35). Therefore, the loins are always mentioned in regards to generation and seed, according to: "I will set fruit of your loins upon your throne" (Psalm 132:11).

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8. 1 Thessalonians 5:8

   But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

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   “Sleeping here the apostle calls those who remain in evil, as being immovable toward virtue and immersed in dreamlike delusions. Such, indeed, are the affairs of the present life, in no way differing from the visions of sleep. Furthermore, by drunkenness he means not only …

   “But if we must also examine the statement, "And it was night," so that it has not been interjected to no purpose by the Evangelist, we must say that the perceptible night at that time was symbolic, an image of the night that was in Judas's soul when Satan, the darkness that lies over the abyss, entered him.

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