⁶ So then ^(A)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^(B)keep awake and ^(C)be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^(D)are drunk at night. ⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^(E)having put on the breastplate of ^(F)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

¹⁶ In all circumstances take up ^(A)the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all ^(B)the flaming darts of ^(C)the evil one; ¹⁷ and take ^(D)the helmet of salvation, and ^(E)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸ praying ^(F)at all times ^(G)in the Spirit, ^(H)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, ^(I)keep alert with all perseverance, making ^(J)supplication for all the saints,

²¹ So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out. ²² I also said to the people at that time, “Let every man and his servant pass the night within Jerusalem, that they may be a guard for us by night and may labor by day.”