above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one,
(Not that we lord it over your faith — no, we co-operate for your joy: you have a standing of your own in the faith.)
never quench the fire of the Spirit,
Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.
but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —