and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.
15. And your feet shod. The allusion, if I mistake not, is to the military greaves; for they were always reckoned a part of the armor, and were even used for domestic purposes. As soldiers covered their legs and feet to protect them against cold and other injuries, so we must be shod with the gospel, if we would pass unhurt through the world.
Our life is warfare; our religion is still more so. We struggle against the powers of darkness and enemies bent on keeping us from God and heaven. A soldier needs both courage and arms. Our natural strength is perfect weakness; all sufficiency comes from God. We must fetch in grace and help from heaven by faith to do what we cannot do ourselves.
AI summary
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-18
And your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace. The Gospel is so called, because it makes men to be of peaceable tempers and behaviour, and gives peace to distressed minds: it directs the way to eternal peace, and publishes peace made by the blood of Christ; and has a much better claim to this name, and epithet, than the law has...