so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

and he said to them, 'Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

And 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.'

and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

'And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

And 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!

as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say it.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --

let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord is near;

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

lo, I do come as a thief; happy is he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

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Let us not

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
And 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.'
and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
'And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!
and he said to them, 'Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say it.
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

Watch

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'
as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;
Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'
and he said to them, 'Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'
'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --
In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;
And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,
And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.
lo, I do come as a thief; happy is he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

General references

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;
and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
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