1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

5:4 But you, brothers and sisters, ¹  are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. 5:5 For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. 5:6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 5:7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 5:8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate ²  of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. ³ 

[5:4]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[5:8]  ² sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.

[5:8]  ³ tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).