1 Thessalonians 5:6
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
In Context
5all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
7for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
Jonah 1:6And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, 'What — to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'
Matthew 24:42'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
Matthew 25:13'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
Matthew 26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, 'So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!
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 →