1 Thessalonians 5:8

“But we, since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.”
1 Thessalonians 5:8 · direct translation from the Greek

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Butδὲwe,ἡμεῖςsince we areὄντεςof the day,ἡμέραςlet us be sober,νήφωμενhaving put onἐνδυσάμενοιthe breastplateθώρακαof faithπίστεωςandκαὶlove,ἀγάπηςandκαὶas a helmetπερικεφαλαίανthe hopeἐλπίδαof salvation.σωτηρίας

Allusion · Isaiah 59:17

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Both texts speak of putting on the breastplate and the helmet of salvation; in Isaiah 59:17 it is YHWH who puts them on.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

ἐνδυσάμενοιendysamenoiG1746יִּלְבַּשׁyilbashH3847“clothe”
θώρακαthōrakaG2382שִּׁרְיָןshiryanH8302“breastplate”
περικεφαλαίανperikephalaianG4030כוֹבַעjovaH3553“helmet”
σωτηρίαςsōtēriasG4991יְשׁוּעָהyeshuaH3444“salvation”

1 Thessalonians 5:8, word by word

since we areὄντεςontes

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “ontes” appears

of the dayἡμέραςhēmeras

daylight

Daytime, when it is light, not night.

Where else “hēmeras” appears

let us be soberνήφωμενnēphōmen

be sober, be alert

Be sober: keep a clear head and stay alert; free from the confusion of wine.

Where else “nēphōmen” appears

having put onἐνδυσάμενοιendysamenoi

be clothed with

To be clothed with something: with Christ, with power.

Where else “endysamenoi” appears

the breastplateθώρακαthōraka

breastplate

Breastplate, the armor that protects the chest.

Where else “thōraka” appears

of faithπίστεωςpisteōs

trust

Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.

Where else “pisteōs” appears

loveἀγάπηςagapēs

love

Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.

Where else “agapēs” appears

as a helmetπερικεφαλαίανperikephalaian

helmet

Helmet that protects the head.

Where else “perikephalaian” appears

the hopeἐλπίδαelpida

hope

Hope: confidence in what God will do.

Where else “elpida” appears

of salvationσωτηρίαςsōtērias

salvation

Salvation.

Where else “sōtērias” appears

Translation note

It recalls Isaiah 59:17.

The context

7For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

8 · This verse (above)

9For God did not appoint us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

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