Ephesians 6:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.”
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“Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 6:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
- Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Ephesians 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Ephesians 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- Revelation 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- Revelation 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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