Ephesians 6:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; ”

• Ephesians 6:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Praying always - It would be well for the soldier who goes forth to battle to pray - to pray for victory; or to pray that he may be prepared for death, should he fall. But soldiers do not often f...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the (l) Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (l) That holy prayers may proceed from the Holy Spiri...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Spiritual Warrior and the Armour of God. For the rest, the Christian must be strong in the Lord, equipped with God's armour, in face of the devil's wiles. He wrestles, not against mere human fo...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Praying . App-134. always . on (Greek. en) every occasion. prayer . App-134. supplication . App-134. watching . Literally lying sleepless. See Mark 13:33 . Luke 21:36 ; Hebrews 13:17 ....

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  18. Praying always with all prayer. Having instructed the Ephesians to put on their armor, he now enjoins them to fight by prayer. This is the true method. To call upon God is the chief exer...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2134 THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER Ephesians 6:18 . Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and supplication for all sa...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Praying always - The apostle does not put praying among th...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Watching thereunto with all perseverance— "Be assiduously careful to maintain a praying frame of spirit, and to watch for all convenient seasons for prayer; as also to watch against the designs and...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Praying - joined with the principal verb "stand" (...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Rules for the Family. The Christian's Aemoue 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents.

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (6. Conclusion ( Ephesians 6:10-24 ). (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to put on the whole armour of God, in order to stand fast in the struggle, not against flesh and blood, but against unearthly powers of...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 29 THE DIVINE PANOPLY Ephesians 6:13-18 "Stand" is the watchword for this battle, the apostle's order of the day: that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, tha...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “Finally, Be Strong in the Lord” Ephesians 6:13-24 Many would be strong, but fail because they forget that they can be effectively so only “in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.” Paul...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (10) В¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. (11) Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For we wrest...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit ,.... The last weapon is prayer, and takes in all sorts of prayer, mental and vocal, public and private; and every branch of it, as depr...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Ver. 18. Praying always ] Prayer is not only a part of...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Praying always As if he had said, And join prayer to all these graces, for your defence against your spiritual enemies, and that at all times, and on every occasion, in the midst of all employments...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as subject to the Lord's authority. Fa...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Spiritual Warfare. A. D.  61.       10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Praying always; i.e. in every opportunity, so often as our own or others necessities call us to it, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 . With all prayer and supplication; prayer, when opposed to supplicatio...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Armour of God and the Battle That Lies Ahead (6:10-20). Having given general teaching Paul now closes the letter with a reminder that we are in a spiritual battle and need to take the proper p...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 6:18 . Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. —Here we have the recognition of a directing Superior. The true soldier fights unde...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Ephesians 6 I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies of his country. What are the spiritual truths, the...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Ephesians 6:10 . Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Everything depends upon that. Whether you are called upon to work, or to wait, or to watch, or to suff...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ephesians 6:1 . Children, obey your parents, because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience qu...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," i.e. in Christ, this duty is confirmed....

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• Ephesians 6:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The individual pieces of the armor and their use:

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 8:52 ; 1 Kings 8:54 ; 1 Kings 8:59 ; 1 Kings 9:3 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ; 1 Timothy 2:1 ; 2 Timothy 1:3 ; Acts 1:14 ; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 12:5 ; Acts 6:4 ; Colossians...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Conflict of the Ages Ephesians 6:12-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We believe we have given this sermon the correct name because the conflict which has come down through all the previous ages, whic...

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• Ephesians 6:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Praying always — At all times, and on every occasion, in midst of all employments, inwardly praying without ceasing. By the Spirit — Through the influence of the Holy Spirit. With all prayer — With...

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