1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
In Context
5for all *ye* are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.
7for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Jonah 1:6And the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, sleeper? arise, call upon thy God; perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:40And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?
Mark 13:37But what I say to you, I say to all, 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 →