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

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

¹ O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.

¹⁴ And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

¹³ And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts.

⁹ If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

¹ So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

¹⁷ Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.

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

²⁰ I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.

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.

¹ The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.