1 Thessalonians 5:6 “So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake an…”

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

World English Bible

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

American Standard Version

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.

Darby Translation

So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;

Young's Literal Translation

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

Bible in Basic English

So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

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Cross references

“let us not”

Luke 22:46 Romans 13:11–14 Ephesians 5:14 Proverbs 19:15 Isaiah 56:10 Jonah 1:6

Luke 22:46 · BSB

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

Romans 13:11–14 · BSB

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Ephesians 5:14 · BSB

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Proverbs 19:15 · BSB

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Isaiah 56:10 · BSB

Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

Jonah 1:6 · BSB

The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

“watch”

Matthew 24:42 Revelation 16:15 1 Corinthians 16:13 Revelation 3:2 1 Peter 4:7 Matthew 25:13

Matthew 24:42 · BSB

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

Revelation 16:15 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

1 Corinthians 16:13 · BSB

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

Revelation 3:2 · BSB

Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.

1 Peter 4:7 · BSB

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Matthew 25:13 · BSB

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

“sober”

1 Peter 1:13 1 Peter 5:8 Titus 2:12 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 3:2 Titus 2:6

1 Peter 1:13 · BSB

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 5:8 · BSB

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Titus 2:12 · BSB

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

1 Timothy 2:9 · BSB

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

1 Timothy 3:2 · BSB

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Titus 2:6 · BSB

In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

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