1Th 5:8 | PNT | STEP | 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 . 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 . What a power to protect, a blessed hope of salvation through Christ.

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 Eph 6:11,14. 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.