‘Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come.
Watch out! Stay alert! You don’t know when the time is coming.
Take heed, be vigilant, and pray. For you do not know when the time may be.
Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is.
‘Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
And you must watch! I have told you everything in advance.
You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.
Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.
Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many.
The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.
‘Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is alert and remains clothed , so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.’
Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before my God.