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1 Thessalonians 5:8

In 1 Thessalonians 5 of 1 Thessalonians.

But 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.

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ἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἡμέραςhēmerasof the dayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.of the dayὄντεςontesto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.νήφωμενnēphōmenbe soberνήφω (nēphō)verb, present active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “be sober”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3525(lit: I am sober), I am calm (vigilant), circumspect.This verse uses “sober”.be soberἐνδυσάμενοιendusamenoiputting onἐνδύω (enduō)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “putting on”, a single actionG1746I put on, clothe (another).putting onθώρακαthōrakabreastplateθώραξ (thōrax)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “breastplate”, the object formG2382a breast-plate, corslet, cuirass.the breastplateπίστεωςpisteōsof faithπίστις (pistis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of faith”, the of-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.of faithκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀγάπηςagapēsloveἀγάπη (agapē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “love”, the of-formG26love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.loveκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπερικεφαλαίανperikephalaianfor an helmetπερικεφαλαία (perikephalaia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “for an helmet”, the object formG4030a helmet.for an helmetἐλπίδαelpidahopeἐλπίς (elpis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hope”, the object formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.the hopeσωτηρίαςsōtēriasof salvationσωτηρία (sōtēria)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of salvation”, the of-formG4991welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety.This verse uses “salvation”.of salvation

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

But 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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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.

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