1 Thessalonians 5:6
Verse 6 of 28. The 5th of 5 chapters in 1 Thessalonians, in The Letters of Paul.
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:6 in the World English Bible
so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.Read 1 Thessalonians 5:6 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:6
To watchfulness and sobriety, v. 6. These duties are distinct, yet they mutually befriend one another. For, while we are compassed about with so many temptations to intemperance and excess, we shall not keep sober, unless we be upon our guard, and, unless we keep sober, we shall not long watch. 1. Then let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch; we must not be secure and careless, nor indulge spiritual sloth and idleness.
Read Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:6–10: Watchfulness and Sobriety. (a. d. 51.)
Pray 1 Thessalonians 5:6 with someone reading it aloud.
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