The son of day clothes himself for the day's work or battle . The same association of ideas as in vv. Breastplate - helmet . The figures are not original with Paul . For the figure of the armed soldier , comp.
Special emphasis is laid on the hope of salvation .
The exhortation to put it on is enforced by the fact that God 's appointment is to salvation and not to wrath . More literally, unto the obtaining. See on Eph. In three out of five instances in N.T. the word clearly means acquiring or obtaining. The meaning here is that we might obtain.