For this reason, take up the whole armor of God so that you may be able to take a stand whenever evil comes. And when you have done everything you could, you will be able to stand firm.

So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart),

Put on all the panoply of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."

whom I sent unto you for the same purpose: that ye might know what case I stand in, and that he might comfort your hearts.