1 THESSALONIANS 5:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Here he shows, that to be in the day depends on ourselves. For here indeed, in the case of the present day and night, it does not depend on ourselves. But night comes even against our will, and sleep overtakes us when we do not wish it. But with respect to that night and that sleep, it is not so, but it is in our power always to have it day, it is in our power always to watch. For to shut the eyes of the soul, and to bring on the sleep of wickedness, is not of nature, but of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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