Put on the Armor of God

but against k the rulers, against the authorities, against l the cosmic powers over m this present darkness, against n the spiritual forces of evil o in the heavenly places.

negativepositive

Therefore p take up the whole armor of God,

that you may be able

to withstand in q the evil day,

and having done all,

to stand firm.

actionmanner

series

bilateral

Stand therefore,

r having fastened on the belt of truth,

and s having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

and, t as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.

In all circumstances

take up u the shield of faith,

temporal

with which you can extinguish all v the flaming darts of w the evil one;

ground

and take s the helmet of salvation,

and x the sword of the Spirit,

which is the word of God,

progression

praying y at all times z in the Spirit,

a with all prayer and supplication.

To that end b keep alert

with all perseverance,

making c supplication for all the saints,

and d also for me,

that words may be given to me in opening my mouth e boldly to proclaim f the mystery of the gospel,

for which I g am an ambassador h in chains,

that I may declare it boldly,

as I ought to speak.

comparison

concessive

“To this end or to this purpose”-singular neuter

“Spirit”-singular masculine

“Prayer & supplication”-singular feminine

Kuya, I have a question about Ephesians 6:18, I searched for the phrase “to this end”, and I discovered that it means “to this purpose”...now,for me to be able to connect propositions, I tried to look-up for the greek of “purpose”, and it is “singular neuter”...so I have to find the word that has “singular neauter” in order to identify what the “purpose” refers to.. “Spirit”-singular masculine “Prayer & supplication”-singular feminine .. Now, I do not know which proposition to connect kuya. Can you help me? ..

Prayer is not another piece of armor but is the way believers appropriate God’s armor and stand firm

Mora syag concessive kay “in chains”...unsa ng “ that” sa 20b?

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Comments

Brent Karding

I like a lot of your relationship choices - very well done. Your Bilateral is clearly right, and your Concessive is arced carefully and correctly in verse 20.

Mildred Queenie CS

I’m happy that there is some progress in my analysis of the verse’s flow of thought kuya. Very big thank you to you kuya for helping.

Brent Karding

You're very welcome!

Brent Karding

that I may declare it boldly,

I don't think Ground is the best choice here. To paraphrase, I don't think Paul is saying, "Pray that I may be given words because I want to declare the gospel boldly." That's because his actual words are "that I may declare it boldly." So another Id-Exp would be better, or even Ac-Pur.

Mildred Queenie CS

Yes, this is tricky kuya.. I forgot that the mainpoint of v.20 is 20b, not 20a..haha..yes kuya, I will change it to Id-explanation..since 20b is already part of the content of 19b..

Brent Karding

To that end keep alert

I like your Ac-Pur in 18-20; it reflects our discussion about what "to that end" means.

Mildred Queenie CS

Yes kuya.. thank you for making me understand about “to this end”

Brent Karding

It would be better to connect 16-17 first, since 14-15 have three participles ("having..."), and 16-17 has two imperatives ("take up" and "take").

Mildred Queenie CS

Kuya, I have noticed that 16b is a participle kuya, that’s why I connected it with 14 & 15..I hope it’s okay kuya

Brent Karding

Ah, I see - you were looking at the Greek. That's fine!

Mildred Queenie CS

So I hope my arc in v.14-17 are right kuya.

Brent Karding

Your Series in 14b-16c is fine. I'm not sure about the Progression there - why did you divide 17a as the start of a second Progression, instead of keeping it Series? It could be right; I'm just wondering.

Brent Karding

Stand therefore,

The "therefore" here in 14a indicates an Inference. Perhaps all of 14-20 should be an Inference from 11-13.

Mildred Queenie CS

I agree kuya of the “therefore” in 14a..but I am confused kuya because the mainpoint of 14-20 is “stand” which is an imperative, and 11-13 has the mainpoint “put on and take up the whole armor of God” which is also an imperative..

Brent Karding

Yes, that's right - I hadn't noticed that. Looking at everything closely, I think that perhaps this is the best way after all, using an Id-Exp.

Mildred Queenie CS

Thank you for the confirmation kuya.

Brent Karding

that you may be able

It's not necessary to divide infinitives ("to withstand"); keeping "that you may be able to withstand" would be fine as a single proposition.

Mildred Queenie CS

Okay kuya..I will not divide infinitives next time..I have noticed that infinitives are clearly divided using Phrasing kuya,interesting.

Brent Karding

Yes, that's right. Phrasing divides all infinitives and prepositional phrases, which is quite different than Arcing.

Mildred Queenie CS

Yes kuya. I will bear that in mind.

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