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OET (OET-LV) Dress_in the whole_armor of_ the _god, because/for that you_all to_be_able to_stand against the schemings of_the devil.
OET (OET-RV) Wear God’s complete armour because it will enable you to stand up against the devil’s schemes.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐνδύσασθε τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς στῆναι πρὸς τὰς μεθοδίας τοῦ διαβόλου
dress_in the whole_armor ¬the ˱of˲_God for that /to_be/_able you_all /to/_stand against the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐνδύσασθε τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς στῆναι πρὸς τὰς μεθοδείας τοῦ διαβόλου)
In this metaphor, Paul pictures the spiritual resources that God gives to all Christians as a soldier’s armor. Alternate translation: “Just as a soldier puts on armor to protect himself from enemy attacks, use all of God’s resources to stand firmly against the devil”
τὰς μεθοδίας
the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἐνδύσασθε τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς στῆναι πρὸς τὰς μεθοδείας τοῦ διαβόλου)
Alternate translation: “the tricky plans”
6:11 Put on all of God’s armor: See Rom 13:12; 2 Cor 10:4-5. It is only by the Lord’s protection that a believer can stand firm against all strategies of the devil (cp. 1 Pet 5:8-9).
OET (OET-LV) Dress_in the whole_armor of_ the _god, because/for that you_all to_be_able to_stand against the schemings of_the devil.
OET (OET-RV) Wear God’s complete armour because it will enable you to stand up against the devil’s schemes.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.