Passage

Children of the day

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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⁵You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

1 Thessalonians 5:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The readers are called children of light and of the day.

To understand

The image leads into a shared call to watch and be sober. The writer includes himself in the appeal with “let’s,” moving from their identity to their conduct.

A question

What two actions follow the image of daylight?