1 Thessalonians 5:6,8
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8 The Message (MSG)
But friends, you’re not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this? You’re sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. So let’s not sleepwalk through life like those others. Let’s keep our eyes open and be smart. People sleep at night and get drunk at night. But not us! Since we’re creatures of Day, let’s act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8 The Message (MSG)
But friends, you’re not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this? You’re sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. So let’s not sleepwalk through life like those others. Let’s keep our eyes open and be smart. People sleep at night and get drunk at night. But not us! Since we’re creatures of Day, let’s act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 King James Version (KJV)
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 King James Version (KJV)
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But 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 5:6 New Century Version (NCV)
So we should not be like other people who are sleeping, but we should be alert and have self-control.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 New Century Version (NCV)
But we belong to the day, so we should control ourselves. We should wear faith and love to protect us, and the hope of salvation should be our helmet.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 American Standard Version (ASV)
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 New International Version (NIV)
So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 New International Version (NIV)
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
I Thessalonians 5:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
1 Thessalonians 5:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But since we [believers] belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope and confident assurance of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 New Living Translation (NLT)
So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
But let us who live in the light be clearheaded, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 The Passion Translation (TPT)
This is why we must not fall asleep, as the rest do, but keep wide awake and clearheaded.
1 Thessalonians 5:8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
But since we belong to the day, we must stay alert and clearheaded by placing the breastplate of faith and love over our hearts, and a helmet of the hope of salvation over our thoughts.