Original collection
Sword of the Spirit
Paul explicitly identifies the sword of the Spirit as the word of God. God's word is living and powerful and penetrates the heart. Revelation's sword-from-Christ's-mouth imagery should remain within its apocalyptic judgment context.
Key KJV Scriptures:
Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 19:15
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
3 indexed verses · Showing 1–3. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Ephesians 6:17 (KJV)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 19:15 (KJV)
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.