1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
In Context
7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
Matthew 25:13"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:40Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour!
Mark 13:37Moreover, what I say to you I say to all--Be wakeful!"
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 →