1 Thessalonians 5:6
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6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A)
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1 Peter 1:13
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A Call to Holy Living
13 Therefore prepare your minds for action;[a] discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.(A)
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- 1.13 Gk gird up the loins of your mind
Luke 22:46
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46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not come into the time of trial.”[a](A)
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- 22.46 Or into testing
Matthew 24:42
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42 Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day[a] your Lord is coming.(A)
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- 24.42 Other ancient authorities read at what hour
1 Peter 5:8
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8 Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.(A)
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Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(A)
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Romans 13:11-14
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An Urgent Appeal
11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;(A) 12 the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;(B) 13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(C) 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.(D)
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- 13.12 Other ancient authorities read lay aside
Revelation 16:15
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15 (“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed,[a] not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)(A)
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- 16.15 Gk and keeps his robes
Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Revelation 3:2
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2 Wake up and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.
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1 Peter 4:7
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7 The end of all things is near;[a] therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.(A)
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- 4.7 Or is at hand
Colossians 4:2
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Further Instructions
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.(A)
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Ephesians 6:18
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18 Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.(A)
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1 Corinthians 16:13
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Final Messages and Greetings
13 Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.(A)
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Acts 20:31
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31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.(A)
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Luke 21:36
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36 Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”(A)
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Luke 12:39
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39 “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he[a] would not have let his house be broken into.(A)
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- 12.39 Other ancient authorities add would have watched and
Mark 14:37-38
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37 He came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep awake one hour? 38 Keep awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial;[a] the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”(A)
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- 14.38 Or into testing
Mark 13:34-35
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34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.(A) 35 Therefore, keep awake, for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or at dawn,(B)
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Matthew 25:13
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13 Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.[a](A)
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- 25.13 Other ancient authorities add in which the Son of Man is coming
Matthew 25:5
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5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept.(A)
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Matthew 13:25
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25 but while everybody was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.
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Jonah 1:6
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6 The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up; call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”(A)
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Titus 2:6
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6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled
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2 Timothy 4:5
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5 As for you, be sober in everything, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.(A)
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