1 Thessalonians 5:6

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Summary

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Let us not

Watch

General references

Luke 12:40

Bible References

Let us not

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."

but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?

and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Watch

Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."

"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

General references

the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."