1 Thessalonians 5:6
Let us not therefore sleep, like others; but let us be vigilant and considerate.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
In Context
7For they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.
Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:40And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour?
Mark 13:37And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.
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 →