Revelation 16:15

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Summary

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

I come

Blessed

Lest

Revelation 3:4

2 Corinthians 5:3

General references

Bible References

I come

Be mindful, therefore, of the lessons you have received and heard. Continually lay them to heart, and repent. If, however, you fail to rouse yourself and keep awake, I shall come upon you suddenly like a thief, and you will certainly not know the hour at which I shall come to judge you.

But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth and all the works of man be utterly burnt up.

Blessed

Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."

Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.

Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."

Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears.

So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.

But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer.

Lest

Yet you have in Sardis a few who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy.

if indeed having really put on a robe we shall not be found to be unclothed.

General references

"But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.

Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.