6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore 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;
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
And 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. …
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)On what had been said, the apostle grounds seasonable exhortations to several needful duties. I. To watchfulness and sobriety, 1 Thess. 5:6. 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.…
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