Truth is experienced often as an attack and is therefore often vigorously and sometimes violently resisted. The truth is armor against the deceitful strategies of powers resisting the truth (6:11; cf. 4:14). It is also a weapon with which to undo the lie. The next piece of armor is the breastplate of righteousness/justice. Righteousness and justice both translate the one Greek word dikaiosunē. For purposes of hearing the full range of meaning, I have placed both terms