“And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;”
And with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace — the feet: hypedeō ('shod,' 'fitted') hetoimasia ('readiness,' 'preparedness') tou euangeliou tēs eirēnēs ('of the gospel of peace'), the gospel as the ground of firm standing.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:15
“Having girded your loins,” says he, “with truth.” What can be the meaning of this? I have stated in the preceding discourse, that he ought to be lightly accoutered, in order that there should be no impediment whatever to his running. “And having on,” he continues, “the breastplate of righteousness.” As the breastplate is impenetrable, so also is righteousness, and by righteousness here he means a life of universal virtue. Such a life no one shall ever be able to overthrow;…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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