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1 Thessalonians 5:6–7

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6so then let us not asleep as 1bothers do, but let us be awake and 2csober.

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

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1 Thessalonians 5:6: So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

Footnotes

  1. 1Lit the remaining ones
  2. 2Or self-controlled

Cross references

  1. aRom 13:11; 1 Thess 5:10
  2. bEph 2:3; 1 Thess 4:13
  3. c1 Pet 1:13
  4. aActs 2:15; 2 Pet 2:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay awake and be self-controlled. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.