1 Thessalonians 5:8

Moreover, we, being of{day}, should-be-being-sober, clothe[ing]-selves [the] trunk/chest/breastplate of{faith} and of{love} and [the] around-head-ia/headpiece/helmet expectation of{salvation},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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 the lying-asleep are-lying-asleep of{night} and the being-drunk are-being-drunk of{night}.

9that the God does_not_place-self us into wrath; contrariwise, into acquisition/possession/preservation of{salvation} through of{the Lord of{us}, Jesus Anointed,

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Cross References

Romans 8:24for to{the expectation} we-are-saved. Moreover, expectation being-viewed is_not_being expectation, for what someone is-viewing, what[?] also he-is-expect[ize]ing[?]

1 Corinthians 13:13Moreover, emphatically-now is-remaining faith, expectation, love, the three, the-same. Moreover, greater of{the-same} [is] the love.

Galatians 5:5for we to{[the] Spirit} out of{faith} are-receiving-out-off/away expectation of{justice-ness},

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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