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But let us, being of the day, be sober, having put on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet: the hope of salvation. Because God did not appoint[a] us for wrath, but for the obtaining[b] of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ— 10 the One having died for us in order that whether we are keeping-watch or sleeping[c], we may live together with Him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 Or, make, destine.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 Or, possession.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:10 That is, physically alive (living, remaining at the end, and thus watching) or dead. Or, prepared (keeping watch) or unprepared, as in v 6.

But since we belong to the day,(A) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(B) and the hope of salvation(C) as a helmet.(D) For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(E) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(F) 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.(G)

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