1 Thessalonians 5:8

but let us, who are of the day, be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and divine love; and the helmet, the hope of salvation:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 those sleeping, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, get drunk in the night:

9because God did not put us forth unto wrath, but unto the obtainment of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Cross References

Romans 8:24For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?

1 Corinthians 13:13But now abide faith, hope, divine love, these three; but the greatest of these is divine love.

Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit do await the hope of righteousness through faith.

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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