Pauls letter to the Ephesians concludes with this chapter on the subject of Spiritual Warfare. Here is a call to put on the whole armour of God! Why conclude this letter to the Ephesians in such a way? Spiritual warfare is: important, we are up against Satan! Spiritual warfare is decisive with victory the end and outcome. Ephesians is not a letter of consolation but of inspiration, inspiring the Christian to fight to victory! This chapter on the panoply of God provides a fitting summary and conclusion to the Ephesian letter as a whole, with each of the parts of the armour; girdle, breastplate, shoes, shield, helmet, and sword related to truths and teachings we find elsewhere in the letter.
Dr J Stewart Gillespie
New Cumnock