Ephesians 2:19
Context2:19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
Ephesians 6:11
Context6:11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes 1 of the devil.
Ephesians 6:18
Context6:18 With every prayer and petition, pray 2 at all times in the Spirit, and to this end 3 be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
1 tn Or “craftiness.” See BDAG 625 s.v. μεθοδεία.
2 tn Both “pray” and “be alert” are participles in the Greek text (“praying…being alert”). Both are probably instrumental, loosely connected with all of the preceding instructions. As such, they are not additional commands to do but instead are the means through which the prior instructions are accomplished.
3 tn Grk “and toward it.”