1 Thessalonians 5:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

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  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
  • Luke 22:46 : 46 and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'
  • Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe; 12 the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light; 13 as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation; 14 but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 `Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 `lo, I do come as a thief; happy `is' he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 `Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
  • Prov 19:15 : 15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 Blind `are' his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them `are' dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'
  • Matt 13:25 : 25 and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
  • Matt 25:5 : 5 `And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 `Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me! 41 watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 34 as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch; 35 watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour! 38 Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
  • Luke 12:39 : 39 `And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say `it'.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --
  • Phil 4:5 : 5 let your forbearance be known to all men; the Lord `is' near;
  • Col 4:2 : 2 In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;
  • 1 Thess 5:8 : 8 and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,
  • 1 Tim 2:15 : 15 and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

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    7for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

    8and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,

    9because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

    10who did die for us, that whether we wake -- whether we sleep -- together with him we may live;

    11wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

    5all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

  • Mark 13:35-37
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    35watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;

    36lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

    37and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

  • Eph 5:14-18
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    14wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

    15See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

    16redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

    17because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,

    18and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

  • Rom 13:11-13
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    11And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe;

    12the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

    13as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say `it'.

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

    7become not, then, partakers with them,

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  • 1 Thess 5:1-2
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    1And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

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  • 1 Thess 4:15
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    15for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living -- who do remain over to the presence of the Lord -- may not precede those asleep,

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

    10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

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  • Gal 6:9-10
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    10therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

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    30Because of this, among you many `are' weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

  • Matt 25:5-6
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    5`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

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  • Luke 22:46
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    46and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

  • Joel 1:5
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

    6that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger `is' the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

  • 1 Cor 15:51
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    51lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

  • Heb 4:11
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    16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.

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    33A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7for through faith we walk, not through sight --

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

  • Luke 12:35
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    35`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,