And what I am telling you, I am telling everyone. Be alert!”
Therefore be alert, for you do not know on what day the Lord will come.
“You should pay attention; be alert and pray, for you do not know when the time will come [i.e., for the Lord to return].
So, be alert, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return, whether [some] evening, at midnight, at dawn, or at [mid-] morning.
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].