22 Bible Verses about Spiritual Warfare

for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

our military arms are not so defective, but divinely effectual to demolish all their ramparts;

let salvation be your helmet, and the divine doctrine your spiritual sword.

This charge, my son Timothy, I recommend to you, agreeably to the prophetic gifts heretofore conferr'd on you, by virtue of which you might carry on a successful warfare,

for tho' I am involv'd with the world, I don't sustain the war with their poor arts:

Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:

when I am present, which I think to exercise against some, who censure me, as if I was actuated by worldly views.

for the vicious desires are contrary to those of the spirit, and the inclinations of the spirit are contrary to those of the animal part; these are opposite to each other, so that you do not the things that you would.

wing your feet with the gospel of peace:

put on the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Finally, my brethren, place your strength in the transcendent power of the Lord.

wherefore invest yourselves with the set of divine armour, that ye may be able to withstand in the difficult day, and having overcome all to maintain your ground.

for if the trumpet give an undistinguish'd sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

cover all with the shield of faith, to repel all the fiery darts of the adversary:

and I am prepar'd, when you have discharg'd your duty, to make examples of the rest for their disobedience.

stand firm, the belt of truth round your waist, let justice invest you like mail:

or where is the king, that will march to give battle to another king, without setting himself first to deliberate, whether he is strong enough with ten thousand to withstand an army of twenty thousand?

to level all the barriers they contrive for obstructing the divine doctrine, and to make their pride captive to the authority of Christ.