1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep as others do. No, let us be watchful and self-controlled.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
In Context
7It is at night that men sleep, and at night that drunkards get drunk.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Matthew 25:13Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.
Matthew 26:40Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep. “What!” he said to Peter, “could none of you watch with me for 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 →