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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet the hope of salvation." But it is not sufficient to watch and be sober, we must also be armed. For if a man watch and is sober, but has not arms, the robbers soon dispatch him. "Putting on the breastplate of faith and love," he says. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
It is not enough to be watchful and sober; one must also be armed. For he who is alert and sober but does not have weapons can be immediately overcome by robbers. By saying "the breastplate of faith and love," the apostle pointed to doctrines and a righteous life, which is precisely what it means to "be sober." And one must not simply have these things, but have them as a breastplate. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
But, since we belong to the day, that is, belong to the daytime of honesty and faith, let us be sober. "Let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day" (Rom. 13:13). Then when Paul says: Let us put on the breastplate of faith, he shows how they should prepare themselves through good actions. First, he sets down a general admonition, and then he issues a special admonition (5:11). He divides the first point into two aspects; he first sets down the admonition itself and then he gives a reason for it (5:9). …
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