1 Thessalonians 5:8

But we, being of the day, should be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

In Context

7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.

9Because God appointed us not for wrath, but for an acquired possession of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us.

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Cross References

Psalms 42:5Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.

Psalms 43:5Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.

Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of LORD.

Romans 8:24For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?

1 Corinthians 13:13And now remain faith, hope, love, these three, but the greater of these is love.

Galatians 5:5For we, in a Spirit of faith, wait for a hope of righteousness.

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:7-11

Watchfulness and Sobriety. ( a. d. 51.) 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. On… Read the whole commentary →

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