Verse 8
8. Day… sober… breastplate Not only must the sons of the day be wakeful and sober, but as soldiers or sentinels they must be clad in armour. St. Paul gives an armour in full, a panoply, in Ephesians 6:11, etc. The armour here is simply defensive.
Breastplate of faith and love Since faith in Christ, working love in the breast, is truly the best defence against tempting or menacing sin and evil.
A helmet, the hope of salvation That hope lifts up the head toward heaven, and wards off all the power of the blows inflicted by Satan and this world. Sorrow loses its power to weigh down; anticipations of coming evil are neutralized; infidel despair of immortality is dispersed, when the hope of salvation makes strong our head, as faith and love have confirmed our heart.
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