1 Thessalonians 5:6
then therefore let us not sleep like the rest, but watch and be sober.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;
7For those sleeping, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, get drunk in the night:
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:40And He comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Were you not able to watch with me one hour?
Mark 13:37And the things 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 →