1 Thessalonians 5:7
5 For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
6 So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
9 For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
- KJV
- For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- WEB
- For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.
- ASV
- For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
- DARBY
- for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;
- BLB
- For those sleeping, sleep by night; and those becoming drunk, get drunk by night.
- ÅB
- De som sover, sover jo om natten, og de som drikker seg drukne, er drukne om natten;
- OTB
- For de som sover, gjør det om natten, og de som blir fulle, gjør det om natten.
- B1930
- De som sover, sover jo om natten, og de som drikker sig drukne, er drukne om natten;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Read in context2 Peter 2:13
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
Read in contextActs 2:15
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
Read in contextDaniel 5:4–5
As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
Read in contextLuke 21:34–35
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextIsaiah 21:4–5
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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