1 Thessalonians 5:8
But we, who are of the daylight, should be sober, being clothed with the breastplate of faith and of charity and having, as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
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7For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are inebriated, are inebriated in the night.
Cross References
Psalms 42:5Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.
Psalms 43:5You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
Lamentations 3:26TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
Romans 8:24For we have been saved by hope. But a hope which is seen is not hope. For when a man sees something, why would he hope?
1 Corinthians 13:13But for now, these three continue: faith, hope, and charity. And the greatest of these is charity.
Galatians 5:5For in spirit, by faith, we await the hope of justice.
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 →