Ephesians 6:16
Good News Translation
At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.

New Revised Standard Version
With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Contemporary English Version
Let your faith be like a shield, and you will be able to stop all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

New American Bible
In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all [the] flaming arrows of the evil one.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one.

the shield.

Genesis 15:1 Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

Psalm 56:3,4,10,11 From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee. . . .

Proverbs 18:10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.

2 Corinthians 1:24 0

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 For which cause we faint not: but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. . . .

Hebrews 6:17,18 Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath: . . .

Hebrews 11:24-34 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, denied himself to be the son of Pharao's daughter: . . .

1 Peter 5:8,9 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. . . .

1 John 5:4,5 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory which overcameth the world: Our faith. . . .

to quench.

1 Thessalonians 5:19 Extinguish not the spirit.

Context
The Armor of God
15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. 16In all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one. 17And take unto you the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).…
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:36
Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.

Psalm 7:13
And in it he hath prepared to instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.

Psalm 120:4
The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

Matthew 5:37
But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Ephesians 6:15
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