1 Thessalonians 5:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

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  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light, 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 (See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.
  • Matt 13:25 : 25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour? 41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch. 35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour? 38 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
  • Luke 12:39 : 39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
  • 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

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  • 1 Thess 5:7-11
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    7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

    8 But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

    9 For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

    10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

    11 So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

    5 For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

  • Mark 13:35-37
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    35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

    37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

  • Eph 5:14-18
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    14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

    15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

    16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

    17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

    18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

    12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

    13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34 Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

    7 Have no part with such men;

    8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

    2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

    10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • Titus 2:6
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    6 To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

  • Gal 6:9-10
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    9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

    10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

  • 1 Cor 11:30
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    30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

  • Matt 25:5-6
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    5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.

    6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

  • Luke 22:46
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    46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • Joel 1:5
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    5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

    6 And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

  • 1 Cor 15:51
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    51 See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

  • Prov 24:33
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    33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7 (For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

  • Luke 12:35
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    35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.