own might. Here is the latest example: we have seen already that the wise God gives wisdom and the loving God gives love, and now the powerful God gives power. God gives what is his own, for God gives nothing less than himself. We must remember that evangelical logic stated bluntly earlier: “in him you also” (1:13; 2:22). Here we might say that 6:10–13 says something equivalent to “in his armor, you also possess his strength and might.” Ephesians 6:12 offers a hiatus of sorts, as the apostle pauses
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