Key Text: Ephesians 6:15
15and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. (ESV)
ESV
and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
NET
by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,
KJV
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
NASB
and having strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace;
The Type of Shoe: The Gospel
Philippians 1:27
Conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.
The Activity of the Shoe: To Witness
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace (ESV)
The Colorway of the Shoe: Peace
Ephesians 2:13-17
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
The Size of the Shoe: Yours
Deuteronomy 31:12
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law (KJV)
Luke 14:23
‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.’ (ESV)
Mark 16:25
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” (ESV)
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (ESV)
Ephesians 6:15
15and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. (ESV)