1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

In Context

5For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

7For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:15Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Jonah 1:6And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

Matthew 24:42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

Matthew 26:40And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

Mark 13:37And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:2-6

The Coming of Christ. ( a. d. 51.) 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we… Read the whole commentary →

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