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1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 5 · verses 6–8 · King James Version
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8But 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.1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 in context
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But 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.
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
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Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:13
- Matthew 24:42
- Luke 22:46
- 1 Peter 5:8
- Romans 13:11-14
- Romans 13:12-13
- Ephesians 6:11
- Isaiah 59:17
- Hebrews 10:35-36
Key words (Strong's)
- breastplatethōraxthe breast, the part of the body from the neck to the navel, where the ribs end, a…G2382 →
- salvationsōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- drunkenmethyskōto intoxicate, make drunk, to get drunk, become intoxicatedG3182 →
- drunkenmethyōto be drunken, metaph. of one who has shed blood or murdered profuselyG3184 →
- othersloiposremaining, the rest, the rest of any number or class under consideration, with a certain…G3062 →
- helmetperikephalaiaa helmet, metaph., the protection of the soul which consists in salvationG4030 →
- sleepkatheudōto fall asleep, drop off to sleep, to sleep, to sleep normally, euphemistically, to be…G2518 →
- watchgrēgoreōto watch, metaph. give strict attention to, be cautious, active, to take heed lest…G1127 →
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