1 THESSALONIANS 5:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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.
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