1 THESSALONIANS 5:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of the hope of salvation — the military imagery (breastplate, helmet) depicts Christian virtue as armor for cosmic warfare. 'Faith and love' protect the heart; 'hope of salvation' protects the mind. The future reality of salvation is the ground of present confidence.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 5:8
Here he shows, that to be in the day depends on ourselves. For here indeed, in the case of the present day and night, it does not depend on ourselves. But night comes even against our will, and sleep overtakes us when we do not wish it. But with respect to that night and that sleep, it is not so, but it is in our power always to have it day, it is in our power always to watch. For to shut the eyes of the soul, and to bring on the sleep of wickedness, is not of nature, but of…
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