13 That is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, to stand firm, with everything in place.

14 So stand firm, having belted your waist with truth,* having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the readiness of the Gospel of the peace; 16 above all, having taken up the shield of the faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows* of the malignant one; 17 also, grasp the helmet of the salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s Word spoken;* the ‘Sword’? 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, using every prayer and petition, yes being watchful to this end with all perseverance and petition for all the saints