Ephesians 6:13 (YLT)

Passage

because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

Nearby Context

Ephesians 6:11 put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

Ephesians 6:12 because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

Ephesians 6:13 because of this take ye up the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the day of the evil, and all things having done--to stand.

Ephesians 6:14 Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,

Ephesians 6:15 and having the feet shod in the preparation of the good-news of the peace;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "take", "whole", "armour", "able", "resist", "evil", and "having". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "take", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "because we have not the wrestling with..." into verse 14's "Stand therefore having your loins girt about...", so "all things" and "take" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "take" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.