1 Thessalonians 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

KJV

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

WEB

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

ASV

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;

DRC

Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.

GNV

Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἄρα οὖν μὴ καθεύδωμεν ὡς οἱ λοιποί, ἀλλὰ γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν.

RP2018

ἄρα οὖν μὴ καθεύδωμεν ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποί, ἀλλὰ γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν.

TR-Boyd

ἄρα οὖν μὴ καθεύδωμεν ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποί, ἀλλὰ γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν.

SCR1894

αρα ουν μη καθευδωμεν ως και οι λοιποι αλλα γρηγορωμεν και νηφωμεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
• Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
• Romans 13:11–14And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us…
• Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
• 1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
• Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• Revelation 3:2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
• Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
• Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
• Mark 13:34–35It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the…
• 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
• Colossians 4:2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
• Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
• Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

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