1 Thessalonians 5:8
but let us, as we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night;
9for God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Cross References
Psalms 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Him, my deliverer and my God!
Psalms 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, Him, my deliverer and my God!
Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man hope, and quietly wait for salvation from Jehovah.
Romans 8:24For we were saved only in hope. But hope which is seen is not hope; how can a man hope for that which he seeth?
1 Corinthians 13:13And now there abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit by faith steadfastly wait for the 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 →