6 Therefore, let us not fall asleep like others do, but let us stay awake and be sober.

7 For people who go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night.

8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

9 For God has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,