6 So then *let us not sleep, as others do, but let us *keep awake and *be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, *are drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, *having put on the breastplate of *faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for *wrath, but *to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,