Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Thessalonians 5:8

"But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation." — 1 Thessalonians 5:8 (ASV)

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.

We are of the day, but it is a day of battle. Put on armor, therefore. Be as soldiers that are covered with a panoply.

Especially take care of your heart – put on the breastplate. Faith and love are the sacred protection for this. Take care that you have both.

Take care of your head – that also is a vital part; put on the helmet. Hope will do that. A good hope in Christ Jesus will guard you from many violent attacks that will be made upon your judgment.

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.

Soldiers when they sleep put off their armor; but in the day when they are awake and on their guard they wear their armor, and are ready for the fray. See how much is involved in Christian wakefulness. God help us to carry out every virtue to its legitimate consequences, not to be wakeful after a fashion, but wakeful after God's fashion.