6:10
We now move on to ground that everyone is familiar with, and raises far fewer hackles than all the talk about submitting! Paul starts by outlining the nature of the battle. The first, and most important thing, is that we are to “be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might”. Life is a battle, but we win, if we fight in the strength of the Lord. When we face battles we become aware of our weaknesses and failings, and our sinfulness. But we are not called to fight in our own strength.
6:11
So we are to put on the whole armour of God. In a few verses time Paul will go into some detail about the armour of God, which is multifaceted. We need to be fully equipped. We do this in order that we are able to “stand against the schemes of the devil”. The devil is real, we need to take him seriously (Jesus and all the new Testament writers did), but we have no reason to fear. If we are strong in the Lord then we are well able to stand against him.
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