^33 (A)Be on guard, ^(B)keep awake.^[a] For you do not know when the time will come.

¹⁸ praying ^(A)at all times ^(B)in the Spirit, ^(C)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, ^(D)keep alert with all perseverance, making ^(E)supplication for all the saints,

¹¹ Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you ^(A)to wake from sleep. ^(B)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ^12 (C)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us ^(D)cast off ^(E)the works of darkness and ^(F)put on the armor of light.

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

¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(A)I am coming like a thief! ^(B)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, ^(C)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

² Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works ^(A)complete in the sight of my God.

^7 (A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore ^(B)be self-controlled and sober-minded ^(C)for the sake of your prayers.

⁵ For you are all ^(A)children^[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶ So then ^(B)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^(C)keep awake and ^(D)be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^(E)are drunk at night. ⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^(F)having put on the breastplate of ^(G)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

^13 (A)Be watchful, ^(B)stand firm in the faith, ^(C)act like men, ^(D)be strong.