1 Thessalonians 5:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

1 Thessalonians 5:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Thessalonians 5:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Thessalonians 5:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.”

1 Thessalonians 5:8 — World English Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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 — American Standard Version

1 Thessalonians 5:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,”

1 Thessalonians 5:8 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Thessalonians 5:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“but we being of [the] day, let us be sober, putting on [the] breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet [the] hope of salvation; ”

1 Thessalonians 5:8 — Darby Translation

1 Thessalonians 5:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.”

1 Thessalonians 5:8 — Geneva Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:8 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 5

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8 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.

9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

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What Does 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Mean?

1 Thessalonians 5:8 is a verse from the Book of 1 Thessalonians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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