1 Thessalonians 5:8-9
5:8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate 1 of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. 2
5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath 3 but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.
2 tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).
3 sn God did not destine us for wrath. In context this refers to the outpouring of God’s wrath on the earth in the day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2-4).