“Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one — the shield: thyreos pisteōs ('shield of faith'), with which dynamai sbennyō panta ta belē ('you can extinguish all the missiles,' literally 'darts') tou ponērou ('of the evil one,' the fiery arrows of temptation and doubt).
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:16
“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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