I Thessalonians 5:8
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Paul taught that the day of the Lord would come like a thief in the night upon those in darkness, but believers as children of light should stay sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of the hope of salvation. He closed with practical exhortations to comfort the feeble, rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I Thessalonians 5:5Romans 13:13Ephesians 5:8Ephesians 5:9I Peter 2:9I John 1:7Isaiah 59:17Romans 13:12II Corinthians 6:7Ephesians 6:11Ephesians 6:13Ephesians 6:14
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Luke 6:32Romans 8:24Hosea 3:1I Thessalonians 1:3Titus 2:4I John 2:15