8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.


In Context

5 For all you are the children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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

7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who died for us; that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8but we being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8But 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8and we, being of the day — let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet — a hope of salvation,