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1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New American Standard Bible
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 so then, let’s not (A)sleep as [a](B)others do, but let’s be alert and [b](C)sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, (D)get drunk at night. 8 But since (E)we are of the day, let’s (F)be [c]sober, having put on the (G)breastplate of (H)faith and love, and as a (I)helmet, the (J)hope of salvation.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Lit the rest (of mankind)
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Or self-controlled
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Or self-controlled
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
New International Version
6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C) 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(D) 8 But since we belong to the day,(E) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(F) and the hope of salvation(G) as a helmet.(H)
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