18 (A)praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, (B)being watchful to this end with all perseverance and (C)supplication for all the saints—

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11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time (A)to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. (B)Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and (C)let us put on the armor of light.

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40 (A)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

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15 (A)“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, (B)lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

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13 (A)“Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour [a]in which the Son of Man is coming.

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  1. Matthew 25:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.

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But (A)the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.

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You are all (A)sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. (B)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (C)let us watch and be [a]sober. For (D)those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk (E)are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, (F)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled

The Importance of Watching(A)

34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For (D)it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 (E)Watch therefore, and (F)pray always that you may [b]be counted (G)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and (H)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  1. Luke 21:34 dissipation
  2. Luke 21:36 NU have strength to

37 Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not watch one hour? 38 (A)Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. (B)The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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35 (A)Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— 36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

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42 (A)Watch therefore, for you do not know what [a]hour your Lord is coming. 43 (B)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [b]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 (C)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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  1. Matthew 24:42 NU day
  2. Matthew 24:43 Lit. watch of the night

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before [a]God.

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  1. Revelation 3:2 NU, M My God

Be [a]sober, be [b]vigilant; [c]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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  1. 1 Peter 5:8 self-controlled
  2. 1 Peter 5:8 watchful
  3. 1 Peter 5:8 NU, M omit because

23 But (A)take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

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40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 (A)Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. (B)The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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15 looking carefully lest anyone (A)fall short of the grace of God; lest any (B)root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

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14 But (A)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (B)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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