That ye may be able to stand against the Wiles of the Devil THESE words present us with the reason why the Christian soldier is to be thus completely armed: ‘That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.’ The strength of which argument lies in these two particulars. First, The danger, if unarmed; the enemy is no mean, contemptible one; no less than the devil, set out as a cunning engineer by his wiles and stratagems. Secondly, The certainty of standing against all his wits and wiles,