so then let us not (A)sleep as [a](B)others do, but let us be alert and [b](C)sober. For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get (D)drunk at night. But since (E)we are of the day, let us (F)be [c]sober, having put on the (G)breastplate of (H)faith and love, and as a (I)helmet, the (J)hope of salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Lit the remaining ones
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Or self-controlled
  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Or self-controlled

So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(D) But since we belong to the day,(E) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(F) and the hope of salvation(G) as a helmet.(H)

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