1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober.
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13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
13Wherefore gird vp the loynes of your minde, bee sober, and hope †to the end, for the grace that is to bee brought vnto you at the reuelation of Iesus Christ:
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11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued.
12The night is farre spent, the day is at hand: let vs therefore cast off the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light.
13Let vs walke ‖honestly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkennesse, not in chambring and wantonnes, not in strife and enuying.
14But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ, and make not prouision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
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- Mark 13:34–35Rank 9 from verse 6
34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
34For the Sonne of man is as a man taking a farre iourney, who left his house, and gaue authority to his seruants, and to euery man his worke, and commanded the porter to watch:
35Watch ye therefore (for ye knowe not when the master of the house commeth, at Euen, or at midnight, or at the cocke crowing, or in the morning.)
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6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
6So the shipmaster came to him, and said vnto him; What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.
- Luke 12:37Rank 18 from verse 6
37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
37Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth, shall find watching: Uerily, I say vnto you, That he shall girde himselfe, and make them to sit downe to meate, and will come foorth and serue them.
- Luke 12:39Rank 19 from verse 6
39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
39*And this know, that if the good man of the house had knowen what houre the theefe would come, he would haue watched, and not haue suffred his house to be broken thorow.
- Luke 21:36Rank 20 from verse 6
36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
36Watch ye therefore, and pray alwayes, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to passe, and to stand before the sonne of man.
- Matthew 13:25Rank 21 from verse 6
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- 1 Timothy 2:9Rank 24 from verse 6
9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
9In like maner also, that women adorne themselues in modest apparell, with shamefastnesse and sobrietie, not with ‖broided haire, or gold, or pearles, or costly aray,
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- Mark 14:37–38Rank 27 from verse 6
37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
37And hee commeth, and findeth them sleeping, and saith vnto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watch one houre?
38Watch ye and pray, lest yee enter into temptation: The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weake.
- Matthew 26:40–41Rank 28 from verse 6
40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
40And he commeth vnto the Disciples, and findeth them asleepe, and saith vnto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one houre?
41Watch and pray, that yee enter not into temptation: The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weake.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:8Rank 33 from verse 6
- 1 Timothy 3:11Rank 34 from verse 6
- Matthew 26:38Rank 35 from verse 6
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- 1 Timothy 2:15Rank 37 from verse 6
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1 Thessalonians 5:6
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Self-controlled, watchful, and sound in judgment; calm and serious rather than intoxicated, frenzied, or careless.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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5:1BUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
5:1¶ But of the times and the seasons, brethren, yee haue no need that I write vnto you.
5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
5:2For your selues knowe perfectly that the day of the Lord so commeth as a thiefe in the night.
5:3For 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.
5:3For when they shal say, Peace and safety: then sudden destructiō commeth vpon them, as trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape.
5:4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5:4But ye, brethren, are not in darkenesse, that that day should ouertake you as a thiefe.
5:5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
5:5Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkenesse.
5:6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
5:6Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober.
Selected passage5:7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
5:7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night.
5:8But 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.
5:8But 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.
5:9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:9For God hath not appointed vs to wrath: but to obtaine saluation by our Lord Iesus Christ,
5:10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
5:10Who died for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we should liue together with him.
5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
5:11Wherefore, ‖comfort your selues together, and edifie one another, euen as also ye doe.