1 Thessalonians 5:6
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 are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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 an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- KJV
- Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- WEB
- so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
- ASV
- so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
- DARBY
- So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
- BLB
- So then, we should not sleep as the rest, but we should watch and we should be sober.
- ÅB
- La oss derfor ikke sove, som de andre, men la oss våke og være edrue!
- OTB
- Derfor, la oss ikke være som andre, som sover, men la oss forbli våkne og klare i hodet.
- B1930
- La oss derfor ikke sove, som de andre, men la oss våke og være edrue!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Read in contextMatthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Read in contextLuke 22:46
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Read in contextRomans 13:11–14
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Read in contextRevelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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