instructions before the instructions to put on the whole Armour of God.

Before Paul ever told the Ephesian believers to put on the whole Armor of God , Paul urged them to do certain things first.

Put away Lying - ( Eph 4:25)

Speak Truth with your neighbor ( Eph 4:25)

Be angry and sin not; don't let the sun go down on your wrath ( Eph 4:26)

Give no place to the devil ( Eph 4:27)

Let him who stole steal no more. ( Eph 4:28)

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth ( Eph 4:29)

Grieve not the Holy Spirit ( Eph 4:30)

Let all bitterness , wrath, anger , clamor, evil speaking, and malice be put away from you ( Eph 4:31)

A consecrated life is a prerequisite to real spiritual warfare . if these areas are left unattended , Unsurrendered , uncommitted then we have left gaping holes - loopholes through which Satan is able to exert his hellish schemes in our lives.

when we allow the loins of our minds to go unchecked ungirded our lack of commitment and the secret places of areas of our lives that haven't been totally surrendered will stop us dead in our tracks whenever we try to deal with the devils attacks .

when we choose to live a surrendered consecrated life Holy unto God we carefully guard our minds  and equip ourselves with the whole armor of God and the result of a surrendered consecrated life is we become effective in battle. the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but Mighty through God !