But because[a] we are of the day, we must be sober, by[b] putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation, because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live at the same time with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“putting on”) which is understood as means