 Okay, so We are in Ephesians 5 and Verse 25 Husbands love your wives just as Christ also loved that church and gave himself also a lot of you know wisdom and Perspective to how to you know the role of the husband and the wife and the you know the Outlook of the husband and the wife towards their own spouse so very very wise counsel and You know the revelation Which is which is really you know what? What we actually share with every couple Planning to get married and and this is like this is like a formula for success of their marriage right, so if they would follow this diligently and Knowing that the Spirit of God is empowering them to do it right put to death the things of the flesh So the flesh was of course always you know try to Rebel against this the world's culture and world's values will be you know making fun of these things You know like okay husband has to boss husband has to you know in certain cultures right husband has to You know sit around and boss and then be served to And and so on right but then we see something very very different very radical In the way God sees marriage and God wants to see you know these kind of this Outlook in the husband and in the wife It's something God wants and so he's saying husbands love your church just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her And you know he gave himself undeservedly he came in himself, you know unconditionally in and Sacrificially and so on so that is how the husband is supposed to be in and Then and this is how the wife is supposed to be you know the wife submitting to the so when the husband Is leading with this kind of Leadership It's always for the betterment of the wife. It's always to serve and it's to love and to edify and to you know so Because if you look at the next verse 26 that he might sanctify and cleanse and so what is he's what is what is the Lord doing? He's a Lord who's actually beautifying the church right is is presenting to himself a better version Or the best version of possible of the body Of of the church so the husband also in loving in sacrificial loving is also You know these things are happening right? He's actually Setting apart the consecrate For the the wife and with all his attention and and love and and so on so So it's something which which causes marriage to thrive this is a design and this is how God intended it, you know Well, people have actually taken the first part of the instruction abused Abused it right say okay wife submit Abused it and made you know made fun of it There's been so much of damage to the body of Christ because of it to the believers because of that right so And you I mean you can take any part of scripture and then you can you know twist it around and use it for your own selfish You know needs and then you know that doesn't glorify God. We know for sure right doesn't glorify God right so so this is what This is the instruction that we have if you look at verse 28 said says I'm sorry 27 if you see that he might present to himself a glorious church So the way in which Christ ministers to the church the way in which Christ loves the church It's actually beautifying the church changing the church You know and so the church is brought to a better Transformation happens and the best version of the off the church happens You know the church doesn't remain the same changes for the better The way in which Christ loves the church So that's the expectation You know the way in which the husband loves and serves and and honors In in their relationship that changes the wife for the better There's transformation that's happening Okay Okay, so verse 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies He who loves his wife loves himself. So here's another here's another aspect to loving the wife saying as their own body So no one hated his body so as You love yourself. You love your wife. In fact, you know They're going to be it is actually they are one flesh in the marriage covenant. They are one flesh And so so the so here's the thing, you know, this is how you love As you love your own self now the problem is now if I you know, I am If I if I have a problem Accepting myself and if I have a problem Loving myself if I have a problem You know with that, you know, if there are deep in deep-seated emotional wounds or the most emotional pain where I'm not counting myself worthy of being loved by the Lord, you know, or if I'm constantly putting myself down There is low self-esteem You know my in terms of identity if I'm still going to be seeking something approval of man and not comfortable with my own self Then it's going to be difficult for me to love the wife as my Myself because I'm not accepting myself. I'm not loving myself So that's the other thing. So the thing is the so the best thing to do is to you know Receive healing from all those maybe emotional hurts of the past emotional wounds of the past Receive healing be made whole so that The relationship can also thrive look to God for approval not for man, right and Be secure in who you have been made and who you belong to That is you belong to Christ and you've been made the new creation in Christ So being secure in all that is very very important right so that Your relationship with your spouse It also thrives. So you see, you know, if if this doesn't happen the vertical Relationship with the Lord and what he has to made us what he has changed us If that is not strong if that is you know, going to be shaky then it's going to affect Your relationship with your wife as well. Okay, so so that's the important and therefore You know, so Paul, you know, I when we studied first Corinthians and second Corinthians, we saw that Paul is saying, you know, do not be unequally yoked No, this is another aspect of it. No, this is the reason don't be unequally yoked with the unbeliever So how can you be unequally yoked? I mean, how can you go on if you're unequally yoked because that person is going to not going to receive that love and Healing and self-worth and identity, you know from Christ and so How are they going to be in a strong place of? Even sharing Right sharing that love and and how are they going to do that? Okay, so verse 28 husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies He who loves his wife loves himself, right? No one hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it So this is this is let me just share the notes so this is something that that is expected of the husband to nourish and Cherish to nourish means to to actually You know bring in nutrition, right to to make sure that there is You know to feed to make sure that there is, you know proper Nutrition, you know and yeah nourishment is talking about emotional nourishment as well, you know emotionally You know physically in nourish and to cherish cherish means to look at something as precious like to care for something as precious right To to hold something dear and precious to oneself, right? Suppose you have a I don't know maybe some somebody gave you a you know a present and something that is of great worth and value It's something that is precious, right? You are careful with it Right, you are you don't treat it care carelessly, you know like actually someone gifted me this guitar, right? it's a tailor and a friend actually You know if it means a guitar when It's completely took me by surprise and you know that you know this Taylor guitar is it's quite an expensive guitar It's quite an expensive one. It's a great. It's a good guitar. So I When I play with it, then I wipe it clean and I put it back in the case I make sure that I'm careful with it. You know, I don't treat it Carelessly, right? So it's something that I cherish It's of great value. It's it's a great guitar And I make sure that it's it's protected and I make sure that I value it I like it and I I make sure that it's no harm comes to it in the sense, you know, it's not damaged in any way I make sure I maintain it well So the whole thing of cherishing has that idea so saying husband is ought to nourish and cherish their own Wives, you know verse 29 for no one hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it just as The Lord does the church. So this is what the Lord does to us That's the reality. That's the truth of it This is what the Lord Jesus does to us the church the believer He nourishes and he cherishes, you know that that itself should bring a lot of healing emotionally You know that you are nourished by him by Jesus that you are cherished by Jesus You are counted as someone who's precious and who's he's looking at you as someone special. He's looking at you as someone who's who is precious and He's cherishing, you know, someone who's holding someone is dear to him Okay, so So this is what? Christ does So this is what is expected of the husband as well. So you see so when the husband loves Sacrificially just like rice love the church when has a husband nourishes the wife when a husband You know cherishes the wife And it's no problem. It's no problem for the wife to submit to yield Do such a kind of leadership? All right, so so this is this is God's a recipe or ingredient for for marriage The design for marriage. So to this something that Paul shares with the you know with the efficient church To the believers. So this is what you know, you need to this is how you need to be in marriage, right? So which is again You know quite a paradigm shift because the Jews actually considered women to be of a lower You know lower Strata right they were as women to be in equal to man And and so on so that was the general Jewish You know mindset, but here It's all, you know, it was totally, you know being changed by God by the Lord as he had his encounter with God and and you know completely You know bringing in the revelation first of all salvation by faith through Salvation which is by the grace of God and through faith and that itself was another radical thing for a Jewish Mine because it was all about laws and keeping laws and doing all those things and Rituals and so on and so that is self and here we see you know bringing in this is the picture of the husband and the wife Right, so so we see all sharing that relation with the church. Okay Let's let's look at the further So he says we are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this reason a man should leave his father and mother was quoting from Genesis and be joined to his wife And the two shall become one flesh. Okay, so so this is another aspect of marriage that the two becomes one Okay, and and and the thing is that he's saying this is a mystery How is it the two different people, you know when they come into the covenant of marriage? They they actually, you know, this is this. This is what happens. They become one So Which means that if I'm doing anything Harmful for my spouse I'm actually hurting myself If I'm hurting my spouse if I'm spitefully Saying something doing something, you know, I am actually hurting the relationship, of course But above all I'm hurting myself because I am one flesh with her, right? So so this is and then Paul says in verse 32. This is a great mystery But I speak concerning Christ and the church So the Lord considers the church the believers to be part of his body, you know, that is why, you know, we read many when we read Paul's encounter right with On the road to Damascus It's very interesting, right? So he says Accepted nine and verse four. Okay, if you can read Now here is Saul. He has fallen off the Haws or donkey or whatever. He has fallen off. He fell to the ground and Heard a voice saying to him Saul Saul, why are you persecuting me? Because the Lord is saying who was Paul Saul persecuting He was persecuting those people who are following Christ Right all those people who are following Christ. He was persecuting. Now here is what Jesus Ask Saul Why are you persecuting? The Lord didn't ask why are you persecuting the people who are following me said? Why are you persecuting me? Okay, and that is what we see here Right, this is a great mystery. I Speak concerning Christ and the church Chapter five verse 30 saying hey They are one body. We are one in the spirit And those who are in Christ are one spirit with him So this is what it is. This is the reality and this is This is a mystery. How does it happen when a person believes in Christ puts his so her faith in Christ? becomes one body One spiritual body part of the spiritual body of Christ It is placed in the spiritual body of Christ is one spirit with him the spirit of the Holy Spirit comes in in dwells This is the reality and this is why the Lord Jesus asks all why are you persecuting me? Okay, my body, these are people who are part of my body. I'm connected with them You are persecuting me. I'm the head of the body and these are members of the body Right. Okay. Nevertheless Let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself and the lead the wife see that she respects her husband Okay, so he finishes all those instructions In in in there, okay, so there's about the husband and wife, right? So we move on to chapter 6, right next Okay, so we move on to chapter 6 Let's read the first few verses children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right honor your father and mother Which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with you And you may live long on the earth and you fathers do not provoke your children to wrath but bring them up in the training and Admonition of the Lord Okay, so children obey and honor your parents in the Lord Okay, and as we As children as we grow up and as we have earthly parents. We are still children, right? For our parents and we are still expected to honor Our parents in the Lord. Okay, so we continue to honor our parents Even though they might be elderly even though they might be quite senior as long as they are here They're alive on the earth. We are we are to as children. We are to honor them. Okay, so as we As we honor them, you know, of course, we we are we become independent like financially We are not dependent on them anymore. Maybe As we, you know, maybe get it get work and we we earn for ourselves and maybe we Move and we live separately. So we're not dependent on them in that that manner And they are maybe at one stage they become dependent on us, you know, we support them and we We get we continue to honor them and so on. So We may not, you know, obey them implicitly in the sense, you know, as children as as when we are children And we are when we are under the, you know, under their Protection under their care and when they are providing for our needs. Yes, you know, we we are We have to obey, right? And there are but as we grow, we make our own choices And it says obey your parents in the lord. That's do if if parents are You know Especially, you know, parents are asking you to do something which is contrary to the word of god, you know, which is Which is totally opposite Right, the instructions or something that they're asking us to obey is contrary to the word of god contrary to You know, god's ways Then we We have right not to obey. Okay, because it says very clearly obey your parents in the lord honor your father and your mother And yes, there are certain times that, you know, as long as it's not sinful as long as has it not Uh, it's not something that is against the word of god, right? Um, so what is the thing? Yeah, what is the outcome of that? It says that honor them, uh, you know, when we go to, um Sorry, uh, yeah six and worse two, right? Yeah So do you want me to talk about how? Uh, it is do you want to be five and worth 16? Let's uh, let's just go there Okay, do you want me to have to five and worse? You're 16 and the lord gives the commands commandment This is honor your father and your mother As the lord your god has commanded you That your days may be long and that it may be well with you In the land which the lord your god is giving you so so here's a promise that comes with Uh with This instruction or with this command to obey your parents, right? So it comes with a promise that it might be that it may be well with you So the lord wants to You know fulfill this part of the promise that may be well with you that you may live long on the earth Okay And here's a instruction for fathers, especially says fathers do not provoke your children What does what does that mean provoke your children to wrath? Which means that the provoke is to do something in order to get a reaction I do do something maybe to tease maybe to uh, you know do something so that You know, you provoke a reaction from them. So here the reaction is wrath Don't provoke them to anger. Don't do something just to you know Maybe tease them or you know say something do something So that they become angry and bitter right so Do not provoke them to wrath But bring them up in the training and admonition of the lord. So We see the husband's being you know Being priests in the house Uh, I mean well both the husband and the wife are you know, we are a royal priesthood as redeemed As redeemed people We are kings and priests unto the lord So we take that rightful position as priests in the house as well Right that responsibility. We don't as men as husbands. We don't you know, put it off on someone else right We take that Place that take up that responsibility to train To bring them up In the training and admonition of the lord Okay to Sorry, um, so which means that uh, admonition meaning A warning or a rebuke um, so what the lord Wants what the lord does not want right so to direct them To nurture them nurture the children so Well, sometimes, you know husband say, okay, I don't want that responsibility You know, let someone else take care. I'll provide for their needs. I'll discipline them and and but you know, this thing of in the lord Bringing them in the ways of the lord. I just want to give it to someone else Maybe my wife will do that or maybe the grandparents will do that or maybe you know, the children's pastor will do that no It is the responsibility of of the parents and specifically here we see that It's a responsibility of a husband To do that right so bring them up in the training and admonition of the lord Okay, next we see um, something to do with an employer employee relationship, right in that kind of maybe a work setting here. It's talking about bond servants, of course it's talking about a Time when they were Culturally, you know, they they had slaves and they so that is what it means the the the spawn servant the word use their do-laws means A slave right someone who was subservient someone who was living in subjection to the master and so on So here is saying, you know spawn servants be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in sincerity of heart as to Christ Okay, in sincerity the heart as to christ, which means that you know in that work So today we can actually apply it in our work place Relationships with our boss Okay with who was Kuma who was overseeing, you know our work Maybe if it's ministry, it's you know who was overseeing our work and our ministry So who was there in that place? So saying be obedient According to the flesh in sincerity of heart as unto christ. So Let it be sincere. It's and then he goes on to say it was six not with eye service as with Yeah, not with eye service As men please us But as bond servants of christ doing the will of god from the heart So so this is this is what he means when he says, okay Be bonds be You know serve And be obedient in sincerity of heart. This is what is what he means by sincerity heart Which is not with eye service, which means that you know when people watch Or people are observing me then I behave in a different way right, I'm I'm Doing things in a different way But when people are When I'm not being watched Then I behave a certain way You know if if my work the quality of work Or my hours of work Um the kind of effort that I put into work If it's going to be different when people are watching Then when people are not watching, you know in the in a sense when people are watching Maybe I'm putting in more effort and people are watching I'm being more careful more diligent because somebody's watching Um, and then if they are not watching then if I'm going to be Slacking off, you know, I'm not going I'm not putting in as much effort I'm not put putting in as much quality or excellence in it then I'm actually doing eye service men pleasers And I'm that is how That is my output. I'm just being a man Man be people pleaser I'm being a people pleaser Because they are watching I do this, right? So there's not as men pleasers not with eye service but As born servants of christ Doing the will of god from the heart. So so to the born servants. He's saying you are actually born servants of christ So you do the will of god From your heart Um, so God's will is for you to Give you a vest Whether people are watching or not because he is watching Do the will of god from your heart Okay, verse seven with good will doing service as to the lord and not to men Knowing that whatever good anyone does he will receive the same from the lord Whether he is a slave or free and you masters do the same things to them Giving up threatening Knowing that your own master also is in heaven and there is no partiality with him. Okay, so it's a It's a win-win situation both for the employer and the employee So to the employee, you know, the one who is actually being employed in in a particular place Serving in a particular place. He says that this is how you serve you you do it as unto the lord Not to man because that's the truth Right, but you whatever you're doing. So which means that You know, you look at it, you know, the work that you do You know, there's uh, there's nothing secular Although we might use that term to describe You know a person who is Maybe not in so-called full-time ministry, but then in the eyes of the lord The work that we do, you know, it could be whatever sweeping swabbing Whatever work it is Maybe we are employed somewhere Maybe, you know, we might we might look at it as something very very unspiritual saying or what is You know, what's what's the thing about this? Maybe, you know If I'm going to be preaching and teaching and praying then then the lord that gives me favor Then the lord would you know, we pleased Well, that that is not so I that's not so we know right right from the old testament daniel was Yeah, you know in in administration of of the nation We saw joseph Being a minister a prime minister of that nation, right, so They were indulging or doing work. They were engaged in doing work, which today we would say that is so unspiritual You might say that is unspiritual, you know, they're What is spiritual about it? But then here we see, you know, you're doing it as unto the lord With goodwill doing service as unto the lord knowing that whatever good anyone does He will receive from the lord now the lord is watching And the lord is saying, okay He will receive, you know, I'm going to bless this person because of the kind of work that they're doing Because they are doing it as unto me Right not to please people Okay, so it's it's so any work that we're doing when we do it as unto the lord It is the lord who blesses it is the lord, you know, anyone who he will receive from the lord Whether he's a slave or free, you know, that's a very encouraging thing that Well, whatever kind of work that I'm doing I could be working in the field I could be doing some agriculture. I could be a, you know, taxi driver. I could be a cook I could be, you know, working professional in an IT company. I could be a doctor whatever teacher I could be taking, you know Care care of someone in an orphanage or an old age home whatever work I'm doing I'm actually supposed to do as unto the lord because he is my boss Over and above an earthly boss or an earthly employer. He is the one So I'm supposed to do it as unto him as, you know, knowing that he's watching me all the time Right. So when I do that, you know, I receive from him So this will change the way We look at work. It will change the way We work And they change the way the kind of effort that we put into work right so And the best part is this verse nine you masters you do the same things to them Okay So you also do the same things in the sense you let your outlook change Masters you give up threatening Okay, or don't you treat them well In other words, this is what he's saying. You treat them well. You treat them as A fellow human being Giving up threatening knowing that your own master Also is in heaven Okay, now you might be an earthly boss But know that you have a heavenly boss yourself who's watching over you Okay, so You know that he is your boss. So you better be a good boss To the employee the way he is good to you you be good to them Right the way he has been gracious to you you be gracious The way he has been forgiving you be forgiving The way he has been compassionate you be compassionate, right? Well, it's also same also true in the sense, you know, when you look at john chapter 15 the lord is looking for fruit Right, so it's it's not a bad thing to expect the employee to To do well To hold the employee accountable to the tasks Okay Maybe it's a timeliness of it. I want I need to finish it at a certain time I want this kind of work to be done it is it is not wrong like john chapter 15 and and Right was was too every branch in me that the bear fruit he takes away and every branch that bears fruit He prunes that it may bear more fruit Right and then a I am the true wine and the father's wine dress of course the verse one and then he says in In verse four, you know abided me and I knew as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the wine Wine neither can you right and Which means that the father is actually looking for fruit My the father is looking for fruit is looking for productivity And that is his expectation Right, that is his desire that is his expectation so And and he's observing. Okay, this is fruitful. So I'm going to prune that it can be even more fruitful Okay, so that's his expectation. So As my heavenly father Is expecting that you know of me So I can have that expectation for uh, I mean For whoever I am Overseeing okay, it's nothing wrong But I do that in an honorable manner I do that in a you know in a loving manner. I do that I could do that in a in a manner that's firm But I need to speak the truth in love Right, so so these are things that we understand Okay There's so much that we learn about work about work relationships here. Okay, so now from worse 10 onwards He's just making a shift now from the natural relationships and you know Natural things is is shifting to something You know, uh, that is happening in the spiritual realm in the spirit world spiritual realm So let's look at that. You know, it says finally my brethren Verse 10 Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness Of this age against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore Take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand In the evil day and having done all to stand Stand therefore Having girded your waist with truth having put on the breastplate of righteousness And having shored your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace above all Taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit Which is the word of God praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit Being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication For all the saints and for me that utterance may be given to me that I may open my mouth boldly To make known the mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador Inchains that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak Okay, so a lot of instructions here in this passage and and a revelation about the spiritual reality Okay, a revelation about what is happening in the in the spirit world Okay, so let's look at verse 10 says finally my brethren My brethren be strong in the lord and in the power of his might Okay, the good news bible says is finally build up your strength in union with the lord And by means of his mighty power build up your strength be strong okay, so So what he's saying is build up your strength in union with the lord be strong in the lord So what is the you know the strength of the lord is it's supernatural? Right the power of the lord the strength of the lord is is something that is supernatural that is not natural ability So saying in the lord you are in the lord be strong Okay, be strong in the lord and Says and in the power of his might. Okay, so the word use there be strong is Is something that is derived from dunamis in dunamo, you know, which means you know, dunamis We know is a is the power of god, you know, which makes things happen. It's like the creative power of god So saying you be clothed in that you'll be strong in that you'll be empowered by that right Be strong in the lord and in the power of his Might and that when the word power is talking about strength dominion Etc. Right be strong in the lord meaning empowered by the dunamis power of god and And in the power of sorry be strong in the lord refers to that and then And also in the power of his might reverse to You know the word strength The word it can even be vigor and so on it means force Right kratos That's the word which is used there and kratos of his might Okay So that word is again a different word. So he's using three words. You're strong be strong He's using a word called in dunamo means be empowered by the By the power of the lord the dunamis of the lord and then He's using another word and in the power of his might So the the word used there that power is kratos which means strength of force and Again, he uses another word Which is might Which is icsus which means sorry iskhus which means force or strength or You know ability and so on so the ability of the lord So what is he saying, you know You have your natural ability Okay, you have your natural strength fine But be strong in something else Okay So what is he saying be strong in the supernatural ability of god? Which is you know, which is the privilege of every believer you and I to come to the place of being built up In the supernatural ability of the lord Such a privilege god is all powerful god is all mighty And it's for us Because we are called to be partakers You know of the divine nature We are called to be, you know, we are indeed one spirit with him the the supernatural god The holy spirit in dwells us. So it's it's for us. We can be strong In the lord and in the power of his mind So Paul it is exciting, you know, you have so you have natural strength. You have natural abilities You have natural way of doing things according to your physical body But now I want you to you know shift to another realm It's a supernatural power of god. It's the indunum or dunamis of god It's the schools of god. It's the kratos of god, you know, now you be strong in that You have to increase in power in that right In your union with lord Okay, so Yeah, so be strong in the lord and in the power of his might Okay. Now, why is he Why is he saying, you know, why why is he asking the believer to do that? You know, he's going to ask the believer to Do something else. He says in verse 11 put on the whole armor of god That you may be able to stand against the schemes against the wiles of the devil Okay, against the schemes of the enemy against the Deceptive strategies of the devil Now for that you need to be strong in this Need to be strong with spiritual You know spiritually you need to be strong You need to be strong with the supernatural strength of god the supernatural spiritual ability Has to come from from him like you be strong in that And put on the whole armor of god God has given you an armor which is You know all then and he uses the imagery of the roman soldier a roman soldier he is talking about You know The the pieces of armor each individual piece is using that kind of a picture You know what a roman soldier would wear As part of the armor. So he's using that picture and And and he's and he's talking about this right so he's saying okay So you put on the whole armor of god Okay, so roman soldier would Would carry a belt And the the belt would be about six inches wide and it would it would help to Keep every part of the armor in place tight in place Right So that you you are comfortable and nothing is shaking and nothing is dragging You know just it's all tight and snug and tight and and you're you know, you're confident Okay Every part the you know, the breastplate was held in place the show the sorry the sea shield was also, you know It was also hung on from one side of the belt When which was not used and so it's like the belt was a very important part which which really part of the armor which actually Held every piece of the clothing and the armor together And the sword was also there When it was in the sheath when it was not used so so we see all this right it it's a kind of a Something that Holes everything together. Secondly, it talks about the breastplate So this for the roman soldier. It was two large metal plates Which cover the front and the back Or something that is worn in front and one worn on the back so It protected the you know the shoulder and Apparently this was the heaviest part of the armor and different designs and It and from the neck to the waist. Okay, and it also Below the waist it also extended as some kind of a skirt kind of a design. So You see that it's it was heavy. It was protective It was there both in front and back and the shoes the roman soldier The shoes had two pieces of metal One that went from the knee that covered the you know front and the side of the calf And went all the way to the foot okay, so Wow, it's like I wonder how they walked in all this, you know carrying all this weight So that was that was it at the bottom At the sole where spikes nails which are three One to three inches long and Also, these were these were also used, you know as weapons like inflict wounds on weapons and so on so That's that is a shoe. Then we have a shield. No, there were two kinds of shields. There was a small round shield which was a which was a shield used for ceremonial for for ceremonies the other one which was Which was almost as tall as the person right and And so it was made of several layers of leather or six layers of leather tightly woven together It was large. It was wide. It can protect the entire body. It was so tall protect the entire body and it was soaked in water Then and in the battle if there were arrows which were set on fire and which were fired on You know, which were shot at the This shield would actually put out that fiery Arrows which were shot by the enemy. Okay, so that's a shield and the helmet Helmet covered the head the face and protected the soldier Then there, of course we carried this sword Which was uh, you know, which was sharp which was two edges both the edges were sharp, you know Like that is your this is a sword this and this both are sharp You know our kitchen knives, you know one end is not sharp This there is a sharp end right which we cut the other end is not then this is a double edged sword Which means that both the both the edges are sharp he's uh, so it's a double edged sword and pointed and designed for inflicting Damage the enemy Then he also had carried a lance or a long spear Okay, which he could throw at the enemy like a javelin throw at the enemy and it would uh, you know, it would kill or You know wound the enemy from a distance so So the thing is that paul writes and he says put on the whole armor of god Okay, put on this whole armor of god that you may be able to verse 11 stand against the vials of the devil Yeah, that you may be able to stand against the vials of the devil So put on the whole armor of god be strong in the lord and the power of his mind Okay, we'll stop here and the next class. We'll we'll finish this And also we will start with philippines. Okay, philippines. There are four chapters Colossians, there are four chapters. We will go through them quickly And and then we will start with the salonians one and two Right. Okay. Um, so we so far we haven't actually put out diamond put out the question papers yet So both galatians and efficiency put it as you know separate papers Tests for the test for the and then I will let you know. Okay. Um, yeah, okay. Thank you. We'll stop here See you right. Bye-bye