“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”
And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. — Kairos (the critical moment) calls for knowledge (oida, knowing). Hypnos (sleep) metaphorically describes spiritual lethargy in anticipation of the eschaton. Sōtēria (salvation) is nearer (enguteron) now than when you pisteuō (believed first)—not the initial salvation but the consummate salvation at Christ's return. Time urgency justifies the ethical exhortations.
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