1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
Cross References
Psalms 42:5These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me : for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, even to the house of God : With the voice of joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.
Psalms 43:5To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp : why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me?
Lamentations 3:26Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
Romans 8:24For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he hope for?
1 Corinthians 13:13And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.
Galatians 5:5For we in spirit, by faith, wait for 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 →