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1 Thessalonians 5:6

James Moffatt - New Testament

Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;

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Brace up your minds, then, keep cool, and put your hope for good and all in the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

(Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.'

Wake up, rally what is still left to you, though it is on the very point of death; for I find nothing you have done is complete in the eyes of my God.

Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

Women in turn are to dress modestly and quietly in seemly garb; they are not to adorn themselves with plaits of hair, with gold or pearls or expensive finery,

Tell the young men also to be masters of themselves at all points;

Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,

Attend to your prayers, maintain your zest for prayer by thanksgiving;

praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

but while men slept his enemy came and resowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.

Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

Let your forbearance be known to everyone; the Lord is at hand.

Get back to your sober senses and avoid sin, for some of you — and I say this to your shame — some of you are insensible to God.

So be on the alert, remember how for three whole years I never ceased night and day to watch over each one of you with tears.

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

However, women will get safely through childbirth if they continue to be faithful and loving and holy as well as unassuming.

among whom all of us lived, we as well as you, when we obeyed the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of the flesh and its impulses, when we were objects of God's anger by nature, like the rest of men.

We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.

who died for us that waking in life or sleeping in death we should live together with him.




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