1 THESSALONIANS 5:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”
So then let us not sleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober — 'sleep' (katheudō) is a metaphor for spiritual complacency or false security. 'Keep awake and be sober' (grēgoreo, nēphō) is the vigilant posture of those expecting the parousia. Sobriety here is spiritual alertness, not merely abstention from intoxication.
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