⁷ In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

² And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

⁵ Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

¹¹ Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

¹² For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

¹³ For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

¹⁴ Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁵ Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet;

¹⁶ And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.

¹⁷ And take salvation for your head-dress and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

¹⁸ With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

¹⁹ And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

²⁰ For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

¹³ In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

¹⁹ And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,

²⁰ By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

²¹ If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:

⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

¹⁵ Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

⁷ I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

⁴ And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

¹⁸ Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

⁴ For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

⁴ (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

⁵ Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

⁴³ Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

⁵ And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

¹⁷ Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

²⁰ And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

²¹ And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

¹² The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

¹³ With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

²⁴ But to those of God's selection, Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power and the wisdom of God.

⁴ And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

⁵ So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.

¹⁸ As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

²⁰ For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

¹⁴ For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

²² And the children of Israel went through the sea on dry land: and the waters were a wall on their right side and on their left.