Cross references

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 BSB

1 Thessalonians 5:8 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 20 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 13:12–13 (24 votes) and 1 Peter 1:13 (16 votes). 47 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Exodus 28 to 1 John 3.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 5:8 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 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. 1 Peter 1:1316 votes

    Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

  3. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

  4. Isaiah 59:1712 votes

    He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

  5. So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward. You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

  6. And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

  7. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

  8. through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; …

  9. For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

  10. I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book, by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever. …

  11. 1 John 1:77 votes
  12. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 5:8?

The 10 strongest of 47.