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1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New English Translation
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New English Translation
6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate[a] of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.[b]
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).
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