1 Thessalonians 5:8
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.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who get drunk, get drunk in the night.
9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Cross References
Romans 8:24For we are saved by this hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what man hopes for what he sees?
1 Corinthians 13:13And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Galatians 5:5For we through the Spirit, by faith, 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 →