Stand therefore (στητε ουν). Second aorist active imperative of ιστημ (intransitive like the others). Ingressive aorist here, "Tak…

Stand therefore. Resist every attack—as a soldier does in battle. In what way they were to do this, and how they were to be armed, the apo…

Your loins girded about with truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousne .—There is an obvious reference here to two pa ages of Isai…

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,

Let this girdle of the everlasting truth of God brace you up. Let it tigh…

The exhortation to “stand” repeats the emphasis in vv.11, 13 on the need for immovable steadfastne in the face of a ruthle foe. In v.13 Paul talked…

Stand therefore. Now follows a description of the armor they were instructed to wear. We must not, however, inquire very minutely into the…

Stand therefore
Keep your ground, do not desert the army, the church of Christ, nor his cause; continue in the stati…

Spiritual strength and courage are needed for our spiritual warfare and suffering. Those who wish to prove they have true grace must aim at all gra…