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But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
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A Soldier, Not Just a Servant
Commentators explain that Paul's shift to military language is a wake-up call. The Christian life isn't just passively waiting for Christ's return; it's an active, ongoing spiritual battle. The command to 'put on' armor shows that believers must be vigilant and prepared for enemy attacks, like a soldier on sentry duty. This imagery is meant to shake believers out of spiritual sleepiness and complacency.
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1 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But let us who are of the day, be sober. Temperate, as is common in the daytime.
Putting on the breast-plate of faith and love<…
Putting on the breastplate of faith and love (ενδυσαμενο θωρακα πιστεως κα αγαπης). First aorist (ingressive) middle participle of…
19th Century
Anglican
Putting on.—A curiously abrupt transition, suggested by the sober vigilance just advocated. The Christian must be careful to watch…
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Baptist
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.
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Paul now resumes his exhortation but drops for the moment the need for alertness, speaking only of sobriety as a countermeasure against “spiritual”…
16th Century
Protestant
Having put on the breastplate. He adds this so that he may more effectively shake us out of our complacency, for he calls us, so to speak,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But let us, who are of the day, be sober As in body, so in mind; let us cast off the works of darkness, and have no …
Most of humankind do not consider the things of another world at all, because they are asleep; or they do not consider them correctly, because they…
13th Century
Catholic
In what he had written before, Paul corrected the Thessalonians in matters that needed improvement, and now he begins to instruct them about the fu…