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1Thess 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
Faith, Hope and Love, these three are often spoken of in combination as characteristic attributes of Christians. "These three remain: faith, hope and love" 1Cor 13:13 and as he said in chapter 1, "We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." 1Thess 1:3
But here Paul portrays these attitudes defensively. There will be attacks on our Christian life, whether from the world, the flesh or the devil. But by applying our faith in love with our hope being set not upon this life, but upon that which is to come, such attacks will be thwarted.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources
1Thess 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
Faith, Hope and Love, these three are often spoken of in combination as characteristic attributes of Christians. "These three remain: faith, hope and love" 1Cor 13:13 and as he said in chapter 1, "We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ." 1Thess 1:3
But here Paul portrays these attitudes defensively. There will be attacks on our Christian life, whether from the world, the flesh or the devil. But by applying our faith in love with our hope being set not upon this life, but upon that which is to come, such attacks will be thwarted.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources
