For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 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.
and those who get drunk, get drunk at night
Acts 2:15 "These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!"
Romans 13:13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
2 Peter 2:13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
But since we belong to the day
1 Thessalonians 5:5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate
Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, and with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ...
Psalm 132:9 " 'May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.' "
Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
and the hope of salvation
Romans 8:24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have?
as a helmet
Ephesians 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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