Armor of god Word Search

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salvation

Thessalonians gives faith and love the breastplate, with hope of salvation as the helmet, changing the assignments familiar from Ephesians' armor list.

faith

Judges describes Gideon's three hundred warriors being selected by how they drank water, turning a simple drink into an unexpected army-selection test.

sword

Japanese sword blades can curve during rapid cooling, as changes inside the steel bend the heated metal into its characteristic shape.

shield

Roman soldiers could hold shields overhead in a testudo, a formation whose name means tortoise, turning a group into moving shelter.

gospel

Acts describes Paul quoting a Greek poet while explaining his message in Athens, bringing words from outside Scripture into a biblical speech.

soldier

Roman soldiers carried equipment as well as weapons, earning some troops the nickname Marius's mules for the loads they hauled.

victory

The Winged Victory of Samothrace stands on a stone ship's bow, turning its pedestal into part of a scene celebrating naval success.

courage

The word courage comes from the Latin cor, meaning heart, long thought to be the seat of bravery.

fortress

Some historic Chinese fortress walls used mortar containing sticky rice, putting a familiar food between bricks to help hold the defenses together.

strength

Judges describes Samson carrying a city's gates uphill, including their posts and locking bar, turning an entire entrance into a strength display.

breastplate

Exodus describes a priestly breastplate carrying twelve engraved gemstones named for Israelite tribes, turning chest decoration into a wearable list of names.

warrior

Second Samuel describes a warrior with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, carefully counting twenty-four digits altogether.

righteousness

Hebrews emphasizes Melchizedek's missing family tree, making an absent genealogy part of its discussion about this priest called king of righteousness.

ephesians

Early Ephesians copies sometimes omit the words in Ephesus from the opening greeting, leaving scholars a puzzle about the letter's intended readers.

darkness

Exodus describes Egypt's darkness as something that could be felt, giving the absence of light an unexpectedly physical description in the story.

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