7/10/2023 0 Comments Commentary whole armor of gid![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Most of us feel but little the stern reality underlying the metaphor, that the whole Christian life is warfare, but that in that warfare there are crises, seasons of special danger. We must be ready for times of special assaults from evil. Our present text constitutes the general introduction to the great picture which follows, of ‘the panoply of God.’ The vulgarest and most murderous implements assume a new character when looked upon with the eyes of a poet and a Christian. The Roman legionary, to whom Paul was chained, here sits all unconsciously for his portrait, every detail of which is pressed by Paul into the service of his vivid imagination the virtues and graces of the Christian character, which are ‘the armour of light,’ are suggested to the Apostle by the weapon which the soldier by his side wore. It reappears, in a slightly varied form, in the Epistle to the Romans, where those whose salvation is nearer than when they believed, are exhorted, because the day is at hand, to cast off, as it were, their night-gear, and to put on the ‘armour of light’ and here, in this Epistle of the Captivity, it is most fully developed. It is found in a comparatively incomplete form in his earliest epistle, the first to the Thessalonians, in which the children of the day are exhorted to put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 17 At magsikuha rin naman kayo ng turbante ng kaligtasan, at ng tabak ng Espiritu, na siyang salita ng Dios: 18 Na magsipanalangin kayo sa Espiritu ng lahat ng panalangin at daing sa buong panahon, at mangagpuyat sa buong katiyagaan at daing na patungkol sa lahat ng mga banal, 19 At sa akin, upang ako'y pagkalooban ng pananalita sa pagbubuka ng aking bibig, upang ipakilalang may katapangan ang hiwaga ng evangelio, 20 Na dahil dito ako'y isang sugong natatanikalaan upang sa ganito ako'y magsalita na may katapangan gaya ng nararapat na aking salitain.Ephesians 6:13The military metaphor of which this verse is the beginning was obviously deeply imprinted on Paul’s mind. 14 Magsitibay nga kayo, na ang inyong mga baywang ay may bigkis na katotohanan, na may sakbat na baluti ng katuwiran, 15 At ang inyong mga paa ay may panyapak na paghahanda ng evangelio ng kapayapaan 16 Bukod dito ay taglayin ninyo ang kalasag ng pananampalataya, na siyang ipapatay ninyo sa lahat ng nangagniningas na suligi ng masama. 13 Dahil dito magsikuha kayo ng buong kagayakan ng Dios, upang kayo'y mangakatagal sa araw na masama, at kung magawa ang lahat, ay magsitibay. ![]() 12 Sapagka't ang ating pakikibaka ay hindi laban sa laman at dugo, kundi laban sa mga pamunuan, laban sa mga kapangyarihan, laban sa mga namamahala ng kadilimang ito sa sanglibutan, laban sa mga ukol sa espiritu ng kasamaan sa mga dakong kaitaasan. 11 Mangagbihis kayo ng buong kagayakan ng Dios, upang kayo'y magsitibay laban sa mga lalang ng diablo. 10 Sa katapustapusa'y magpakalakas kayo sa Panginoon, at sa kapangyarihan ng kaniyang kalakasan. ![]()
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