1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed with the brest plate of fayth and love and with hope of salvacion as an helmet.

Tyndale New Testament

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 they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken are dronken in the nyght.

9For god hath not apoynted vs vnto wrath: but to obtayne salvacion by the meanes of oure lorde Iesu Christ

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Cross References

Romans 8:24For we are savyd by hope. But hope that is sene is no hope. For how can a man hope for that which he seyth?

1 Corinthians 13:13Now abideth fayth hope and love even these thre: but the chefe of these is love.

Galatians 5:5We loke for and hope in the sprite to be iustified thorow fayth.

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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