1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then let us not sleep, as others; but let us watch and be sober.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day[24:42] your Lord comes.
Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!
Matthew 26:40And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping; and he says to Peter: Were ye so unable to watch with me one hour?
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 →