Loading…

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7

So then dlet us not sleep, as others do, but let us ekeep awake and fbe sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, gare drunk at night.

Read more Explain verse



1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)

So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded. Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)

So we should not be like other people who are sleeping, but we should be alert and have self-control. Those who sleep, sleep at night. Those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober; for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Therefore, we must not fall asleep like other people, but we must stay awake and be sober. People who sleep, sleep at night; people who get drunk, get drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be serious. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

So let us not be like the others. They are asleep. Instead, let us be wide awake and in full control of ourselves.

Those who sleep, sleep at night. Those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

1 Thessalonians 5:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.


A service of Logos Bible Software