Question: In Paul's analogy of armour, what represents faith?
Answer: A shield. (Ephesians 6:16)
Comments: In Paul's treatise on the "full of armor of God", faith is represented by the shield. Paul's allusion drew from the image of the Roman soldier. Among the soldier's arsenal was a shield, a 4-foot by 2½-foot curved laminate comprised of three layers of wood and covered by leather. The shield was a maneuverable part of the warrior's armor designed to protect the ancient warrior from attack. In the same way, faith protects the believer from spiritual attack.
in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (Ephesians 6:16, NASB)
The shield of faith also alludes to Psalm 91:4.
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