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1 Thessalonians 5:6 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 5 · verse 6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.1 Thessalonians 5:6 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 5:6 in context
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
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- othersloiposremaining, the rest, the rest of any number or class under consideration, with a certain…G3062 →
- sleepkatheudōto fall asleep, drop off to sleep, to sleep, to sleep normally, euphemistically, to be…G2518 →
- watchgrēgoreōto watch, metaph. give strict attention to, be cautious, active, to take heed lest…G1127 →
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On what had been said, the apostle grounds seasonable exhortations to several needful duties. I. To watchfulness and sobriety, Th1 5:6. These duties are distinct, yet they mutually befriend one another.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-10