1 Thessalonians 5:6

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; to the end: Gr. perfectly

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

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. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. honestly: or, decently But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. sober...: or, discreet

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; broided: or, plaited

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. he: or, it