1 Thessalonians 5:6
“Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:6 Context
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkenesse, that that day should ouertake you as a thiefe. 5Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkenesse. 6Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober. 7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night. 8But let vs who are of the day, bee sober, putting on the brestplate of faith and loue, and for an helmet, the hope of saluation.
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Other Translations for 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
- King James Version
so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
- Basic English Bible
So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
- Darby Bible
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- Webster's Bible
So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.
- Weymouth Bible
so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
- World English Bible
Therfor slepe we not as othere; but wake we, and be we sobre.
- Wycliffe Bible
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 5:6
5:6 Awake, and keep awake - Being awakened, let us have all our spiritual senses about us.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Thessalonians 5:6
1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others. Since Christians are of the day, they should be wide awake. Day is not the time for sleep. A sleep of the spiritual faculties, which renders one insensible to danger, is meant. Instead of sleeping, Christians should watch and be sober minded. For a comment declaring how we should obey this, turn to Lu 21:34,36.