7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. …
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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