Web1 save yourself from satan’s darts.
Paul says, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (philippians 2:12).
We do this by the means which god has provided by his.
Web“above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one” (ephesians 6:16, nkjv).
The roman soldier’s shield, or scutum, was.
16 above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 and take the helmet of.
Web‘taking up the shield of faith’ means actively trusting in jesus christ and his promises, despite the trials we face.
The ‘shield of faith’ serves as our primary.
Webthe shield here is the large heavy shield covering the whole body, in which the “fiery darts”—that is, the arrows, with the points made red hot, or wrapped in with burning tow.