11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the assaults of the devil.

12 [a]For we wrestle not against flesh and [b]blood, but against (A)[c]principalities, against powers, and against the worldly governors, the princes of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness, which are in the high places.

13 [d]For this cause take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to resist in the [e]evil day, and having finished all things, stand fast.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:12 Secondly he declareth that our chiefest and mightiest enemies are invisible, that we may not think that our chiefest conflict is with men.
  2. Ephesians 6:12 Against men, which are of a frail and brittle nature, against which are set spiritual subtleties, more mighty than the other by a thousand parts.
  3. Ephesians 6:12 He giveth these names to the evil angels, reason of the effects which they work: not that they are able to do the same of themselves, but because God giveth them the bridle.
  4. Ephesians 6:13 He showeth that these enemies are put to flight with the only armor of God, to wit, with uprightness of conscience, a godly and holy life, knowledge of the Gospel, faith, and to be short, with the word of God, and using daily earnest prayer for the health of the Church, and especially, for the constance of the true, godly, and valiant ministers of the word.
  5. Ephesians 6:13 See Eph. 5:16.

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