Helmet of Salvation

Full Eph 6:17, Isa 59:17, 1 Thess 5:8. The Roman galea (bronze helmet). OT echo: Isa 59:17 (paired with the breastplate — the armor-of-YHWH passage). Paul redeploys the same image earlier (1 Thess 5:8 — "and for an helmet, the hope of salvation"). Salvation as hope-framing-of-mind; the helmet protects the head; the hope of salvation protects the believer's perception of reality. Featured commentary: Gurnall (PD).