1 Thessalonians 5:7
For, they that sleep, by night, do sleep, and, they that drink, by night, do drink:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
In Context
6Hence, then, let us not be sleeping, as the rest, but let us watch and be sober:—
Cross References
Job 4:13When there were thoughts, from visions of the night,—When deep sleep falleth upon men,
Proverbs 23:29Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?
Daniel 5:4they drank wine,—and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.
Acts 2:15For not, as, ye, suppose, are these men drunken, for it is the third hour of the day;—
1 Corinthians 15:34Wake up to sobriety, in righteousness, and be not committing sin; for some have, an ignorance of God: for shame, unto you, am I speaking!
2 Peter 2:13Doing wrong themselves, for a reward of wrong, accounting, a delight, their day-time delicacy, spots and blemishes, indulging in delicacies with their stratagems, as they carouse together with you,
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:7-11
Watchfulness and Sobriety. ( a. d. 51.) 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. On… Read the whole commentary →