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1 Thessalonians 5:8–9

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5:8But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate9 of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.105:9For God did not destine us for wrath11 but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 9 An allusion to Isa 59:17.
  2. 10 Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet … for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).
  3. 11 God did not destine us for wrath. In context this refers to the outpouring of God’s wrath on the earth in the day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2–4).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled and put on the armor of faith and love, and a helmet of the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

NLTNew Living Translation

But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.

For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But because we are of the day, we must be sober, by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation, because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

KJV 1900King James Version

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. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,