7. It is at night that people sleep; it is at night that they get drunk.
8. But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet.
9. God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10. who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.
11. And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing.
12. We beg you, our brothers and sisters, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.