Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
1 Thessalonians 5:8
Putting on the breastplate of faith and love. The exhortation to
the soldierly duties of watchfulness and sobriety suggests the thought
of a sentinel and his armor. Compare Ephesians 6:11. There the shield
of faith is spoken of; here the breastplate. Both were for the defense
of the body. Nothing will better protect the heart from evil thoughts
and keep us watching than faith and love.
For an helmet, the hope of salvation. See PNT "Eph 6:17".
What a power to protect, a blessed hope of salvation through Christ.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 24:43
Ephesians 6:17
1 Thessalonians 5:8
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