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Ephesians 6:14

NETBible	Stand firm therefore, by fastening¹ the belt of truth around your waist,² by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
NIV © biblegateway Eph 6:14	Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
NASB © biblegateway Eph 6:14	Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
NLT © biblegateway Eph 6:14	Stand your ground, putting on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.
MSG © biblegateway Eph 6:14	Truth, righteousness,
BBE © SABDAweb Eph 6:14	Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;
NRSV © bibleoremus Eph 6:14	Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness.
NKJV © biblegateway Eph 6:14	Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
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KJV	Stand <2476> (5628) therefore <3767>_, having <4024> (0) your <5216> loins <3751> girt about <4024> (5671) with <1722> truth <225>_, and <2532> having on <1746> (5671) the breastplate <2382> of righteousness <1343>_;
NASB © biblegateway Eph 6:14	Stand <2476> firm <2476> therefore <3767> , HAVING GIRDED <4024> YOUR LOINS <3751> WITH TRUTH <225> , and HAVING PUT <1746> ON THE BREASTPLATE <2382> OF RIGHTEOUSNESS <1343> ,
NET [draft] ITL	Stand firm <2476> therefore <3767> , by fastening the belt <4024> of <1722> truth <225> around your <5216> waist <3751> , by putting on <1746> the breastplate <2382> of righteousness <1343> ,
GREEK	sthte <2476> (5628) V-2AAM-2P oun <3767> CONJ perizwsamenoi <4024> (5671) V-AMP-NPM thn <3588> T-ASF osfun <3751> N-ASF umwn <5216> P-2GP en <1722> PREP alhyeia <225> N-DSF kai <2532> CONJ endusamenoi <1746> (5671) V-AMP-NPM ton <3588> T-ASM ywraka <2382> N-ASM thv <3588> T-GSF dikaiosunhv <1343> N-GSF

NETBible

Stand firm therefore, by fastening¹ the belt of truth around your waist,² by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

NET Notes

¹sn The four participles fastening… putting on…fitting…taking up… indicate the means by which believers can take their stand against the devil and his schemes. The imperative take in v. 17 communicates another means by which to accomplish the standing, i.e., by the word of God.

²tn Grk “girding your waist with truth.” In this entire section the author is painting a metaphor for his readers based on the attire of a Roman soldier prepared for battle and its similarity to the Christian prepared to do battle against spiritually evil forces. Behind the expression “with truth” is probably the genitive idea “belt of truth.” Since this is an appositional genitive (i.e., belt which is truth), the author simply left unsaid the idea of the belt and mentioned only his real focus, namely, the truth. (The analogy would have been completely understandable to his 1st century readers.) The idea of the belt is supplied in the translation to clarify the sense in English.