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1 Thessalonians 5:7-9
New English Translation
1 Thessalonians 5:7-9
New English Translation
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate[a] of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.[b] 9 For God did not destine us for wrath[c] but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9 sn 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).
1 Thessalonians 5:7-9
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 5:7-9
New International Version
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(A) 8 But since we belong to the day,(B) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(C) and the hope of salvation(D) as a helmet.(E) 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath(F) but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.(G)
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