[a]But let us which are of the day, be sober, (A)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation for an helmet.

[b]For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but to obtain salvation by the means of our Lord Jesus Christ.

10 [c]Which died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 We must fight with faith and hope, much less ought we lie carelessly snorting.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 He pricketh us forward by seeing most certain hope of victory before us.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:10 The death of Christ is a pledge of our victory, for therefore he died, that we might be partakers of his life or virtue, yea even while we live here.

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