Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the whole armour--the armor of light (Romans 13:12); on the right hand and left (2 Corinthians 6:7). The panoply offensive and defensive. An image readily suggested by the Roman armory, Paul being now in Rome. Repeated emphatically, Ephesians 6:13. In Romans 13:14 it is, "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ"; in putting on Him, and the new man in Him, we put on "the whole armor of God." No opening at the head, the feet, the heart, the belly, the eye, the ear, or the tongue, is to be given to Satan. Believers have once for all overcome him; but on the ground of this fundamental victory gained over him, they are ever again to fight against and overcome him, even as they who once die with Christ have continually to mortify their members upon earth (Romans 6:2-14; Colossians 3:3, Colossians 3:5).
of God--furnished by God; not our own, else it would not stand (Psalms 35:1-3). Spiritual, therefore, and mighty through God, not carnal (2 Corinthians 10:4).
wiles--literally, "schemes sought out" for deceiving (compare 2 Corinthians 11:14).
the devil--the ruling chief of the foes (Ephesians 6:12) organized into a kingdom of darkness (Matthew 12:26), opposed to the kingdom of light.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 4:8
Romans 13:12
Ephesians 4:14
Ephesians 6:14
2 Timothy 2:26
1 Peter 4:1
1 Peter 5:9
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