1 Thessalonians 5:6
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Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
In Context
7For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Jonah 1:6And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him: Why art thou fast asleep? rise up, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think of us, that we may not perish.
Matthew 24:42Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.
Matthew 25:13Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:40And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?
Mark 13:37And 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 →