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Ephesians 6:15

and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace,

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    and shood with showes prepared by the gospell of peace.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And your feete shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.

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Cross-references (6)

Passages linked to Ephesians 6:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
  • Romans 10:15 And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Habakkuk 3:19 Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
  • Song of Solomon 7:1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
  • Luke 15:22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet.

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Explain this verse (19 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 15. And your feet shod. The allusion, if I…

15. And your feet shod. The allusion, if I mistake not, is to the military greaves; for they were always reckoned a part of the armor, and were even used for domestic purposes. As soldiers covered their legs and feet to protect them against cold and other injuries, so we must be shod with the gospel, if we would pass unhurt through the world. It is the gospel of peace, and it is so called, as every reader must perceive, from its effects; for it is the message of our reconciliation to God, and nothing else gives peace to the conscience. But what is the meaning of the word preparation? Some explain it as an injunction to be prepared for the gospel; but it is the effect of the gospel which I consider to be likewise expressed by this term. We are enjoined to lay aside every hinderance, and to be prepared both for journey and for war. By nature we dislike exertion, and want agility. A rough road and many other obstacles retard our progress, and we are discouraged by the smallest annoyance. On these accounts, Paul holds out the gospel as the fittest means for undertaking and performing the expedition. Erasmus proposes a circumlocution, (ut sitis parati,) that ye may be prepared; but this does not appear to convey the true meaning.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That the preparation of the Gospel may be as…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Your feet shod; in allusion to the greaves or…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And your feet shod with the preparation of the…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And your feet shod with the preparation of the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. Your feet shod] The κνημιδες, or greaves,…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eph 6:15. And your feet shod with the preparation…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And your feet shod - There is undoubtedly an…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel;…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Translate, "Having shod your feet" (referring to the sandals,…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Shod—Sandalled. The sandal was a leathern or wooden…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. your feet shod] Lit., and better, having shod…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Shod with the preparation of the gospel of…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And having shod your feet with the preparation of…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And your feet shod with the preparation of the…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 15. And your feet shod. Not with shoes, but…
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes…

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