1 Thessalonians 5:8

But we who are sons of the day must be wakeful in our minds, and wear the mail-coat of faith and of love, and put on the helmet of the hope of salvation.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 who sleep, in the night sleep; and they who are drunken, in the night are drunken.

9For Aloha hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the possession of salvation in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

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Cross References

Romans 8:24For in hope we live: but hope that is seen is not hope; for if we see it, why hope we for it?

1 Corinthians 13:13For these are the three that remain, faith and hope and love; but the greatest of these is love.

Galatians 5:5But we through the Spirit, who is from faith, expect 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 →

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