Ephesians

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NASB	Ephesians 6:17 And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Ephesians 6:17 And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. [Is 59:17]

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Subject: Two swords:is the love of God enough

Bible Note: Greetings Bruce7,

Rev 1:16 - Not two swords but one sword with two edges.

The sword symbolically used here as for a warrior that can wield a sword effectively. One that is accustomed to using a sword can swing it both ways and thus use both edges during battle.

Reference:
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

In Heb 4:12 we see the use of two dimensions.. spiritual and physical; spiritual being - "soul and spirit" and physical being - "joint and marrow". The sword is for correction - spiritual or it can be used for judgement - physical and the Wisdom of God can even discern the very thoughts of the heart.

This is why, when Christians go into battle with the enemy Paul writes:
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

I like the way the Contemporary English Version reads: Eph 6:17 Let God's saving power be like a helmet, and for a sword use God's message that comes from the Spirit.

Because Jesus said that, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, will lead us into all truth.
John 14:16, 14:26, 15:26, 16:7

"It was with this weapon that the Saviour met the tempter in the wilderness; Matt. 4. It is only by this that Satan can now be met. Error and falsehood will not put back temptation; nor can we hope for victory, unless we are armed with truth.
Learn, hence:
(1) That we should study the Bible, that we may understand what the truth is.
(2) we should have texts of Scripture at command, as the Saviour did, to meet the various forms of temptation.
(3) we should not depend on our own reason, or rely on our own wisdom.
A single text of Scripture is better to meet a temptation, than all the philosophy which the world contains. The tempter can reason, and reason plausibly too. But he cannot resist a direct and positive command of the Almighty." - Albert Barnes

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