Isaiah 59:17
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17 He put on justice as his breastplate,
victory as a helmet on his head;
He clothed himself with garments of vengeance,
wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal.(A)
Romans 13:11-14
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11 And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed;(A) 12 the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness [and] put on the armor of light;(B) 13 let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day,[a] not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy.(C) 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.(D)
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- 13:13 Let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day: the behavior described in Rom 1:29–30 is now to be reversed. Secular moralists were fond of making references to people who could not wait for nightfall to do their carousing. Paul says that Christians claim to be people of the new day that will dawn with the return of Christ. Instead of planning for nighttime behavior they should be concentrating on conduct that is consonant with avowed interest in the Lord’s return.
Ephesians 6:11
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11 Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.(A)
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Ephesians 6:14-17
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14 So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,(A) 15 and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace.(B) 16 In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one.(C) 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.(D)
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