1 Thessalonians 5
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1 Thessalonians 5:4-7

4But you, brothersG80 and sisters, are not in 1darknessG4655, soG2443 thatG2443 the dayG2250 would overtakeG2638 you 23likeG5613 a thiefG2812;

5for you are allG3956 4sonsG5207 of lightG5457 and sonsG5207 of dayG2250. We are not of nightG3571 norG3761 of 5darknessG4655;

6soG686 thenG3767, let’s not 6sleepG2518 as 78othersG3062 do, but let’s be alertG1127 and 910soberG3525.

7For thoseG3588 who sleepG2518, sleepG2518 at nightG3571, and thoseG3588 who areG3182 drunkG3182, 11getG3184 drunkG3184 at nightG3571.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 Acts 26:18; 1 John 2:8 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 One early ms like thieves ↩
  3. 3. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 Luke 21:34; 1 Thess 5:2; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Luke 16:8 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Acts 26:18; 1 John 2:8 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Rom 13:11; 1 Thess 5:10 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Lit the rest (of mankind) ↩
  8. 8. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Eph 2:3; 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Or self-controlled ↩
  10. 10. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 1 Pet 1:13 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:7 Acts 2:15; 2 Pet 2:13 ↩

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