Ephesians 6:10-20
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit
- Chapter XIII, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.)
- Chapter II, Chapter IV, The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, Polycarp of Smyrna (c 115).
- I.X.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter IX, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXVIII, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- Chapter XI, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.13, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XXXIX, The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c. 200)
- II.20, IV.7, V.14, VII.3, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- III.14, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209)
- V.18, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Concerning Flight in Persecution (paragraph 9) Tertullian (c. 212)
- III.II.1, III.II.4, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- X.18, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
- VIII.XXXIV, VIII.LXXIII, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- X.14, XI.9, XII.13, XIII.4, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- Epistle LV -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "...he warns us to take up the armour of God, for with it alone may our enemy be dispatched."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Those who would prove themselves to have true grace, must aim at all grace; and put on the whole armour of God, which he prepares and bestows."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "Brethren - This is the only place in this epistle where he uses this compellation. Soldiers frequently use it to each other in the field."
- Of Evil Angels
(Eph 6:12). Sermon by John Wesley.
- "But whether or no particular men are attended by particular evil spirits, we know that Satan and all his angels are continually warring against us, and watching over every child of man."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Flesh and blood foes are Satan's mere tools, the real foe lurking behind them is Satan himself, with whom our conflict is."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "Against the wiles of the devil. The great enemy. The armor was designed not only to protect, but there were weapons also with which to assail him."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Ephesians 6:10-20, Susan Hylen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "While modern Christians are likely to have a view of heaven as a paradise in which no evil dwells, the writer of Ephesians is drawing on a different set of cultural assumptions, one in which a struggle between cosmic forces occurs within the heavenly realm. Christians, who already reign with Christ in some sense, are obligated to participate in this struggle."
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"First Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 12, William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Prayer and solidarity, ongoing connectedness with God and mutual support, belong to the kind of spirituality we need to sustain courageous and authentic Christianity."
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- "The Whole Armor of God," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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Commentary, Ephesians 6:10-20, Luke A. Powery,
- "The aim in the battle of life is peace. Black men can still fight, but with a divine word, a word that brings peace to stormy streets. Young men don?t have to pull out a gun to wage war, but just need a word of peace to fight the powers."
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Join the Feast,
Ephesians 6:10-20, David Cameron, Union PSCE,
2009.
- "The shoes of the gospel of peace interest me. My son has autism and doesn't speak, so much of the communication in our house is non-verbal. When my wife and I come down each morning the first thing my son does is check our shoes. He's learned that the shoes we have on speak volumes about the kind of day we have planned. Dress shoes mean work. Scuffed slip-ons mean a casual, more relaxed day around the house."
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- "Peace with Our Enemies," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Peace and War," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
- "Standing Firm in Thought and Practice," "Thinking and Practicing Reconciliation": The Ephesians Texts for Pentecost 8-14, Ronald Olson, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1997.
- Ephesians 6:10-20, Reconciled in Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians, Wendell W. Frerichs, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1988.
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Commentary,
Ephesians 6:10-20, Susan Hylen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- Articles & Background:
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"Divine Warfare and
Nonresistance," Gerald Janzen, Direction, 2003.
- "On the matter of nonresistance, the theme of spiritual warfare demonstrates a continuity between the Old and New Testaments."
- Advertisement for Armor of God PJ's - Children's pajamas inspired by Ephesians 6:10-18.
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"Divine Warfare and
Nonresistance," Gerald Janzen, Direction, 2003.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Arnold, Clinton E.,
"The 'Exorcism' of Ephesians 6.12 in Recent Research: A Critique of Wesley
Carr's View of the Role of Evil Powers in First-Century AD Belief,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bolt, John,
"Satan Is Alive and Well in Contemporary Imagination: A Bibliographic Essay
with Notes on 'Hell' and 'Spiritual Warfare'," Calvin Theological
Journal, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carson,
"God, the Bible and Spiritual Warfare: A Review Article," Journal of
the Evangelical Theological Society, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Easley, Kendell H., "The Pauline
Usage of PNEUMATI As a Reference to the Spirit of God,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eckel, Paul T.,
"Between Text and Sermon - Ephesians 6:10-20," Interpretation,
1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Edinger, Gerald,
"Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare in Historical Retrospect,"
Direction, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Forbes, Chris,
"Paul's Principalities and Powers: Demythologizing Apocalyptic?"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Frerichs, Wendell W., "Reconciled in
Christ: Ministry in Light of Ephesians," Word & World, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Friesen, Randy,
"Equipping Principles for Spiritual Warfare," Direction, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guelich, Robert A.,
"Spiritual Warfare: Jesus, Paul and Perretti," Pneuma, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gudorf, Michael E.,
"The Use of PALH in Ephesians 6:12," Journal of Biblical
Journal, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hiebert, Paul G.,
"Spiritual Warfare and Worldview," Direction, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Hullinger, Jerry M., "The Historical Background of Paul's Athletic Allusions,"
Bibliotheca
Sacra, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Janzen, Gerald,
"Divine Warfare and Nonresistance," Direction, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Olson, Ronald, "'Thinking and
Practicing Reconciliation': The Ephesians Texts for Pentecost 8-14,"
Word & World, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ortberg, John, "Roll Call," The
Christian Century, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Reinhard, Donna R., "Ephesians
6:10-18: A Call to Personal Piety: Another Way of Describing Union with
Christ," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Robeck, Cecil M., Jr.,
"Signs, Wonders, Warfare, and Witness," Pneuma, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Shuman, Joel,
"Naming Medicine Among the Powers," Ex Auditu, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials- "A Response to Shuman," Stephen Bilynskyj.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- "A Response to Shuman," Stephen Bilynskyj.
- Stritecky, Jolene Marie,
"Israel, America, and the Ancestors: Narratives of Spiritual Warfare in a
Pentecostal Denomination in Solomon Islands," Journal of Ritual
Studies, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sundberg, Walter, "Satan the Enemy," Word & World,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wesselschmidt, Quentin F., "Homiletical
Helps on LW Series B," Concordia Journal, 2006. (Section on this
text begins on p. 323)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wild, Robert A., S.J.,
"The Warrior and the Prisoner: Some Reflections on Ephesians 6:10-20,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Arnold, Clinton E.,
"The 'Exorcism' of Ephesians 6.12 in Recent Research: A Critique of Wesley
Carr's View of the Role of Evil Powers in First-Century AD Belief,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1987.
- Sermons:
- "The Third Way," Dr. Walter Wink, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1993.
- "Put on the Whole Armor of God," from a series of sermons on the book of Ephesians by Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington.
- With Children:
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"Armor of
God," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Junk Food Christians," and "The Armor of God," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- "Armor of God," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
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"The Whole Armor
of God,"
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"Armor of
God," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- Drama:
- "Bring It On!" Raymond Lombardi, dramatix. (Royalty required.)
- "Not My Fight," Josh Powell, dramatix.
- "Mission In-Payerable," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "Common Ground," Michael Humphrey, dramatix.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Ephesians 5:10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "Fight the Good Fight," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
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