Ephesians 6:17

And take the helmet of salvation,.... Meaning either Christ himself, the Saviour; and so the Arabic version renders it, "the helmet of the Saviour": or the salvation itself, which he is the author of,…

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 crest, as an ornament. Its use was to guard the head from a…

Take the helmet of salvation - Or, as it is expressed, Th1 5:8, And for a helmet, the hope of salvation. It has already been observed, in the description of the Grecian armor, that on the crest and…

Here is a general exhortation to constancy in our Christian course, and to encourage in our Christian warfare. Is not our life a warfare? It is so; for we struggle with the common calamities of human…

take Lit., receive, as from the hands of Another, who presents it to all His soldiers.

the helmet Cp. Isa 59:17; 1Th 5:8. See also Psa 140:7. The head needs protection not only as a vital part, but as…