Final Exhortation

13 Be alert, stand firm in the faith,(A) be courageous,[a] be strong.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:13 Lit act like men

Freedom of the Christian

For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm,(A) then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.(B)

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13 For this reason take up the full armor(A) of God, so that you may be able to resist(B) in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand. 14 Stand,(C) therefore, with truth(D) like a belt around your waist, righteousness(E) like armor on your chest,(F) 15 and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace. 16 In every situation take up the shield(G) of faith(H) with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.(I) 17 Take the helmet(J) of salvation and the sword(K) of the Spirit(L)—which is the word of God.

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So then, my dearly loved and longed for brothers and sisters, my joy and crown,(A) in this manner stand firm(B) in the Lord, dear friends.

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15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm(A) and hold to the traditions you were taught,(B) whether by what we said or what we wrote.

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