1 THESSALONIANS 5:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.”
For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk are drunk at night — the statement is obvious but instructive: the unredeemed belong to the night; the believer belongs to the day. The contrast between the righteous and the unrighteous is fundamental and inescapable.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 5:7
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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