1 Thessalonians 5:8

“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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for 1 Thessalonians 5:8

But let vs who are of the day, bee sober, putting on the brestplate of faith and loue, and for an helmet, the hope of saluation.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

But since we are of {the} day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- American Standard Version (1901)

But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
- Basic English Bible

but *we* being of [the] day, let us be sober, putting on [the] breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet [the] hope of salvation;
- Darby Bible

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- Webster's Bible

But let us, belonging--as we do--to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
- Weymouth Bible

But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- World English Bible

But we that ben of the dai, ben sobre, clothid in the haburioun of feith and of charite, and in the helme of hope of heelthe.
- Wycliffe Bible

and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for 1 Thessalonians 5:8

Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 5:8


5:6 Awake, and keep awake - Being awakened, let us have all our spiritual senses about us.

5:7 They usually sleep and are drunken in the night - These things do not love the light.

5:9 God hath not appointed us to wrath - As he hath the obstinately impenitent.

5:10 Whether we wake or sleep - Be alive or dead at his coming.



People's Bible Notes for 1 Thessalonians 5:8


1Th 5:8 Putting on the breastplate of faith and love. The exhortation to the soldierly duties of watchfulness and sobriety suggests the thought of a sentinel and his armor. Compare Eph 6:11,14. There the shield of faith is spoken of; here the breastplate. Both were for the defense of the body. Nothing will better protect the heart from evil thoughts and keep us watching than faith and love. For an helmet, the hope of salvation. See PNT "Eph 6:17". What a power to protect, a blessed hope of salvation through Christ.

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