Ephesians 6:17
New International Version
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

New Living Translation
Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

English Standard Version
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

Berean Standard Bible
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Berean Literal Bible
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

King James Bible
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

New King James Version
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

New American Standard Bible
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

NASB 1995
And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

NASB 1977
And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
also receive THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

Amplified Bible
And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Christian Standard Bible
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit —which is the word of God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s word.

American Standard Version
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Put on the helmet of salvation and grasp the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Contemporary English Version
Let God's saving power be like a helmet, and for a sword use God's message that comes from the Spirit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).

English Revised Version
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Also take salvation as your helmet and the word of God as the sword that the Spirit supplies.

Good News Translation
And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.

International Standard Version
also take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Literal Standard Version
and receive the helmet of the salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

Majority Standard Bible
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

New American Bible
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

NET Bible
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

New Revised Standard Version
Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

New Heart English Bible
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the spoken word of God;

Webster's Bible Translation
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Weymouth New Testament
and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.

World English Bible
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Young's Literal Translation
and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Armor of God
16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 22:36
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

Isaiah 49:2
He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.


Treasury of Scripture

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

the helmet.

1 Samuel 17:5,58
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass…

Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

the sword.

Isaiah 49:2
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

which.

Matthew 4:4,7,10,11
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God…

Hebrews 12:5,6
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: …

Hebrews 13:5,6
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee…

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Ephesians 6
1. The duty of children toward their parents;
5. of servants toward their masters.
10. Our life is a warfare, not only against flesh and blood, but also spiritual enemies.
13. The complete armor of a Christian;
18. and how it ought to be used.
21. Tychicus is commended.














(17) And take.--There is a break here. We are said not to put on, but to "take" (or rather, receive)--a word specially appropriate to "salvation."

The helmet of salvation.--The word here (as in Luke 2:30; Luke 3:6; Acts 28:28) rendered "salvation," is not the word commonly so rendered in the New Testament. It is, indeed, not "salvation" in the abstract, but a general expression for "that which tends to salvation." But it occurs in the LXX. version of Isaiah 59:17, which seems obviously referred to, "He put" a helmet of salvation upon his head." In 1Thessalonians 5:8, where the breastplate is "of faith and love," the helmet supplies the third member of the triad of Christian graces in "the hope of salvation." Here the metaphor is probably somewhat different. The helmet guarding the head, the most noble and vital part, is "salvation" in the concrete--all that is of the Saviour, all that makes up our "state of salvation" by His atonement and grace--received in earnest now, hoped for in perfection hereafter. . . .

Verse 17. - And take the helmet of salvation. This is the head-covering (comp. Psalm 140:7). In 1 Thessalonians 5:8 we read, "putting on for an helmet the hope of salvation." The glorious truth that we are saved (comp. Ephesians 2:5, 8) appropriated, rested on, rejoiced in, will protect even so vital a part as the head, will keep us from intellectual surrender and rationalistic doubt. And the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. The sword supplied by the Spirit, the Word being inspired by him, and employed by the Spirit; for he enlightens us to know it, applies it to us, and teaches us to use it both defensively and offensively. Our Lord in his conflict with Satan, and also with the scribes and Pharisees, has taught us how this weapon is to be used, and with what wonderful effect. Paul, too, reasoning from the Scriptures and proving from them "that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is the Christ," or (going back to the Old Testament) the author of the hundred and nineteenth psalm, showing us how the soul is to be fed, quickened, strengthened and comforted out of God's Law, indicates the manifold use of the sword, and shows how earnestly we should study and practice this sword exercise, for our own good and the good of others.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

take
δέξασθε (dexasthe)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1209: To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

helmet
περικεφαλαίαν (perikephalaian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4030: A helmet. Feminine of a compound of peri and kephale; encirclement of the head, i.e. A helmet.

of salvation
σωτηρίου (sōtēriou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4992: Saving, bringing salvation; subst: salvation. Neuter of the same as soteria as noun; defender or defence.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sword
μάχαιραν (machairan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3162: A sword. Probably feminine of a presumed derivative of mache; a knife, i.e. Dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Spirit,
Πνεύματος (Pneumatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

which
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] word
ῥῆμα (rhēma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4487: From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.

of God.
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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