Yǐfúsuǒshū 6:10-20

10 Wǒ hái yǒu mòliǎo de huà , nǐmen yào kào zhe zhǔ , yǐ laì tāde dà néng dàlì , zuò gāngqiáng de rén .

11 Yào chuāndaì shén suǒ cì de quán fù jūn zhuāng , jiù néng dǐdǎng móguǐ de guǐjì .

12 Yīn wǒmen bìng bú shì yǔ shǔ xuèqì de zhēng zhàn , nǎi shì yǔ nàxiē zhízhèng de , zhǎngquán de , guǎnxiá zhè yōuàn shìjiè de , yǐjí tiānkōng shǔlíng qì de ĕ mó zhēng zhàn . ( liǎng zhēng zhàn yuán dōu zuò shuāijiāo )

13 Suǒyǐ yào ná qǐ shén suǒ cì de quán fù jūn zhuāng , hǎo zaì mó nàn de rìzi , dǐdǎng chóudí , bìngqiĕ chéngjiù le yīqiè , hái néng zhàn lì dé zhù .

14 Suǒyǐ yào zhàn wĕn le , yòng zhēnlǐ dàng zuò daìzi shùyào , yòng gōngyì dàng zuò hù xīn jìng zhē xiōng .

15 Yòu yòng píngān de fúyin , dàng zuò yùbeì zǒu lù de xié chuān zaì jiǎo shang ,

16 Cǐ waì yòu ná zhe xìn dé dàng zuò téng pái , kĕyǐ miè jìn nà è zhĕ yīqiè de huǒ jiàn .

17 Bìng daì shang jiùēn de tóu kuī , ná zhe Shènglíng de bǎo jiàn , jiù shì shén de dào .

18 Kào zhe Shènglíng , suí shí duō fāng dǎogào qíqiú , bìng yào zaì cǐ jǐngxǐng bú juàn , wèi zhòng shèngtú qíqiú ,

19 Yĕ wèi wǒ qíqiú , shǐ wǒ dé zhaó kǒu cái , néng yǐ fàngdǎn , kāikǒu jiǎng míng fúyin de àomì ,

20 ( wǒ wèi zhè fúyin de àomì , zuò le daì suǒliàn de shǐzhĕ ) bìng shǐ wǒ zhào zhe dāng jìn de bĕn fèn , fàngdǎn jiǎnglùn .

Yǐfúsuǒshū 6:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS 6

In this chapter the apostle goes on with his exhortations to relative and domestic duties, and considers those of children and parents, and of servants and masters; and next he exhorts the saints in general to constancy and perseverance in the exercise of grace, and the performance of duty in the strength of Christ, and with the use of the armour of God described by him; entreats them to pray for him; gives the reasons of sending Tychicus, who brought them this epistle, and closes it with his apostolical salutation. He begins with the duties of children to their parents, which are submission and obedience to them, honour, fear, and reverence of them; the arguments engaging thereunto are taken from the light of nature and reason, from the command of God, and the promise annexed to it, Eph 6:1-3. Then follow the duties of fathers to their children, who are exhorted not to use them with too much rigour, and so provoke them to wrath, but to bring them up in a religious manner, that they may serve the Lord, Eph 6:4. Next he observes the duties of servants to their masters, which are subjection and obedience, which should be done with reverence of them, with simplicity of heart, as unto Christ, not with eyeservice, as menpleasers, but with the heart, and with good will, as doing the will of God, and as if it was to the Lord, and not men; to which they are encouraged by a promise of reward which is given without respect to bond or free, Eph 6:5-8. And masters, they are exhorted to do what is right and just to their servants, and not terrify them with menaces; to which they are moved by the consideration of their having a master in heaven, who is no respecter of persons, Eph 6:9. From hence the apostle passes to a general exhortation to the saints to behave with firmness and constancy of mind, though they had many enemies, and these mighty and powerful, and more than a match for them; relying on the power and strength of Christ, and making use of the whole armour of God, which he advises them to take, that they might stand and withstand in the worst of times, Eph 6:10-13, the several parts of which he enumerates, as the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of the Gospel of peace, the shield of faith, whereby the fiery darts of Satan are quenched, the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit the word of God, and spiritual prayer of every sort for all saints, attended with watching and perseverance, Eph 6:14-18, which last part of the spiritual armour being mentioned, leads on the apostle to entreat the Ephesians to pray for him, that he might freely and boldly preach the Gospel; which he commends from the mysterious nature and subject of it, from his character as an ambassador for it, or for Christ, the sum and substance of it, and from his being in bonds for it; which showed how great an esteem he had of it, and how heartily concerned he was to preach it without fear, Eph 6:19,20. And then adds, that the reasons of his sending Tychicus, whom he describes by his relation to him as a brother, and his affection for him, and by his office as a minister, and his faithfulness in it, were, that they might be acquainted with his circumstances, in what state and condition he was, both with respect to things temporal and spiritual, and that their hearts might be comforted by him, Eph 6:21,22. And the epistle is concluded with the apostle's salutation; and the persons saluted are the brethren of this church, and all that love Christ Jesus sincerely; and the blessings wished for are peace, love, with faith and grace; the persons from whom they are desired are God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 6:23,24.