Luke 12:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) So, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will return at a time when you least expect Him.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate it. American Standard Version (1901) Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. Common English Bible You also must be ready, because the Human Oneis coming at a time when you don’t expect him.” Catholic Public Domain Version You also must be prepared. For the Son of man will return at an hour that you will not realize." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come. |
Therefore, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will come at a time when you least expect Him.
Therefore, you should be watchful, for you do not know the day or hour [i.e., when the Son of man will return].
Now this [is another reason for observing the law of love]: You should know that it is about time to wake up out of your [spiritual] sleep, because [the day of our final] salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed [in Christ].
But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make any plans for satisfying the strong desires of your flesh [i.e., your appetites for sinful pleasures].
So then, we should not be [spiritually] asleep, like the rest [i.e., the unsaved world], but we should be alert and sober [i.e., in control of our senses].
We should rejoice and be extremely glad, and we should give honor to Him. For the time has come for the Lamb’s marriage, and His bride has prepared herself [for the wedding].