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1 Thessalonians 5:8-9

Context
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).



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