1 Thessalonians 5:8

1 Thessalonians 5:8

6 ^aTherefore let us not sleep, as others do, but ^blet us watch and be sober.

7 For ^athose who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk ^bare drunk at night.

8 But let us who are of the day be sober, ^aputting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

9 For ^aGod did not appoint us to wrath, ^bbut to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 ^awho died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

11 Therefore¹ comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

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12 And we urge you, brethren, ^ato recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and¹ admonish you,

13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. ^aBe at peace among yourselves.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Faith, hope, and love, are the three pre-eminent graces (I Thessalonians 1:3; I Corinthians 13:13). We must not only be awake and sober, but also armed; not only watchful, but also guarded. The armor here is only defensive; in Ephesians 6:13-17, also offensive. Here, therefore, the reference is to the Christian means of being guarded against being surprised by the day of the Lord as a thief in the night. The helmet and breastplate defend the two vital parts, the head and the heart respectively. "With head and heart right, the whole man is right" [EDMUNDS]. The head needs to be kept from error, the heart from sin. For "the breastplate of righteousness," Ephesians 6:14, we have here "the breastplate of faith and love"; for the righteousness which is imputed to man for justification, is "faith working by love" (Romans 4:3, Romans 4:22-24; Galatians 5:6). "Faith," as the motive within, and "love," exhibited in outward acts, constitute the perfection of righteousness. In Ephesians 6:17 the helmet is "salvation"; here, "the hope of salvation." In one aspect "salvation" is a present possession (John 3:36; John 5:24; I John 5:13); in another, it is a matter of "hope" (Romans 8:24-25). Our Head primarily wore the "breastplate of righteousness" and "helmet of salvation," that we might, by union with Him, receive both.

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