Ephesians 6:11 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:11

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” He says not, against the fightings, nor against the hostilities, but against the “wiles.” For this enemy is at war with us, not simply, nor openly, but by “wiles.” What is meant by wiles? To use “wiles,” is to deceive and to take by artifice or contrivance; a thing which takes place both in the case of the arts, and by words, and actions, and stratagems, in the case of those who…