1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New International Version
6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C) 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(D) 8 But since we belong to the day,(E) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(F) and the hope of salvation(G) as a helmet.(H)
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
King James Version
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 an helmet, the hope of salvation.
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1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New King James Version
6 (A)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (B)let us watch and be [a]sober. 7 For (C)those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk (D)are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, (E)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
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