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Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
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The Helmet of Hope
Commentators explain that the 'helmet of salvation' is the confident hope of our final salvation in Christ. As a helmet protects a soldier's head, this hope guards our minds from the blows of doubt, despair, and false doctrine. Scholars note that the verb 'take' implies this is a gift we receive from God, securing our thoughts in the finished work of Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And take the helmet. The helmet was a cap made of thick leather, or brass, fitted to the head, and was usually crowned with a plume, or cr…
The helmet of salvation (την περικεφαλαιαν του σωτηριου). Late word (περι, κεφαλη, head, around the head), in Polybius, LXX, [Refe…
19th Century
Anglican
And take.—There is a break here. We are said not to put on, but to “take” (or rather, receive)—a word specially appropria…
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Baptist
And take the helmet of salvation, –
You used to wear the helmet of pride with its fine nodding plumes, but that has been taken off …
Two more items remain. The “helmet” covered the head. It was made of bronze with leather attachments. In Isa 59:17 the Lord wears “the helmet of sa…
16th Century
Protestant
And take the helmet of salvation. In a passage already quoted (1 Thessalonians 5:8), the hope of salvati…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And take the helmet of salvation Meaning either Christ himself, the Saviour; and so the Arabic version renders it, "…
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…
