Wake Up

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God. — read the full passage →

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness, — read the full passage →

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning; — read the full passage →

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

`lo, I do come as a thief; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

And lo, I come quickly, and my reward <FI>is<Fi> with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;' — read the full passage →

`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, — read the full passage →

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise--in your hearts;

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, `Come forth out of her, My people, that ye may not partake with her sins, and that ye may not receive of her plagues,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

continually pray ye;

henceforth, there shall be the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.'

but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered <FI>him<Fi> to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

Thomas saith to him, `Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

`I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh, — read the full passage →