08/23/2026
Ephesians 6:11-20
Amplified Bible
11 I put on the full armor of God for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier, so that I may be able to successfully stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 12 For my struggle is not against flesh and blood contending only with physical opponents, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly supernatural places. 13 Therefore, I put on the complete armor of God, so that I will be able to successfully resist and stand my ground in the evil day of danger, and having done everything that the crisis demands, to stand firm in my place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious. 14 So I stand firm and hold my ground, having tightened the wide band of truth personal integrity, moral courage around my waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness an upright heart, 15 and having strapped on my feet the gospel of peace in preparation to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness produced by the good news. 16 Above all, I lift up the protective shield of faith with which I can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And I take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray with specific requests at all times on every occasion and in every season in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition interceding in prayer for all God’s people. 19 And pray for me, that words may be given to me when I open my mouth, to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news of salvation, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. And pray that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly and courageously, as I should.