11 translations · Greek

Ephesians 6:13

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

World English Bible

Ephesians 6:13 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
KJV King James Version
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
LSV Literal Standard Version
because of this take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and having done all things—to stand.
FBV Free Bible Version
Take all the weapons God provides so that you may be able to stand your ground in the day of evil and after doing all you can, to find yourself still standing!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done — to stand.
DBY Darby Translation
For this reason take [to you] the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having accomplished all things, to stand.
WBT Webster’s Bible
Wherefore take to you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
Διὰ Dia Therefore G1223 διά through/because of
τοῦτο touto — G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it
ἀναλάβετε analabete take up G353 ἀναλαμβάνω to take up
τὴν tēn the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
πανοπλίαν panoplian full armor G3833 πανοπλία complete armor
τοῦ tou — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Θεοῦ Theou of God G2316 θεός God
ἵνα hina so that G2443 ἵνα in order that/to
δυνηθῆτε dynēthēte you will be able G1410 δύναμαι be able
ἀντιστῆναι antistēnai to stand your ground G436 ἀνθίστημι to oppose
ἐν en when G1722 ἐν in/on/among
τῇ tē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἡμέρᾳ hēmera day G2250 ἡμέρα day
τῇ tē — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
πονηρᾷ ponēra of evil {comes} G4190 πονηρός evil/bad
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἅπαντα hapanta everything G537 ἅπας all
κατεργασάμενοι katergasamenoi having done G2716 κατεργάζομαι to workout/produce
στῆναι stēnai to stand G2476 ἵστημι to stand
  • 2 Corinthians 10:4

    for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

  • Luke 21:36

    Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

  • Ephesians 6:11–17

    Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. …

  • Ephesians 5:16

    redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  • Revelation 3:10

    Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

  • Malachi 3:2

    “But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;

  • Luke 8:13

    Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

  • Colossians 4:12

    Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

  • Revelation 6:17

    for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

13 Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

15 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace;

Read all of Ephesians 6 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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