Matthew 24:42
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42 Therefore, (A)stay awake, for you do not know on what day (B)your Lord is coming.
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Luke 21:36
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36 But (A)stay awake at all times, (B)praying that you may (C)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:6
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6 So then (A)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (B)keep awake and (C)be sober.
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Matthew 25:13
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13 (A)Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour.
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Revelation 16:15
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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!”)
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1 Corinthians 16:13
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13 (A)Be watchful, (B)stand firm in the faith, (C)act like men, (D)be strong.
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Luke 12:35-40
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You Must Be Ready
35 (A)“Stay dressed for action[a] and (B)keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are (C)waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and (D)knocks. 37 (E)Blessed are those servants[b] whom the master finds (F)awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, (G)he will dress himself for service and (H)have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 (I)But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour (J)the thief was coming, he[c] would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be (K)ready, for (L)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
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- Luke 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11
- Luke 12:37 Or bondservants
- Luke 12:39 Some manuscripts add would have stayed awake and
Matthew 24:36
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No One Knows That Day and Hour
36 “But concerning that day and hour (A)no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, (B)nor the Son,[a] (C)but the Father only.
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- Matthew 24:36 Some manuscripts omit nor the Son
Matthew 24:44
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44 Therefore you also must be (A)ready, for (B)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
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Romans 13:11
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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.
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Matthew 26:38-41
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38 Then he said to them, (A)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and (B)watch[a] with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face (C)and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let (D)this cup pass from me; (E)nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 (F)Watch and (G)pray that you (H)may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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- Matthew 26:38 Or keep awake; also verses 40, 41
Revelation 3:2-3
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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. 3 (B)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, (C)I will come (D)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
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Mark 13:33-37
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33 (A)Be on guard, (B)keep awake.[a] For you do not know when the time will come. 34 (C)It is like a man (D)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[b] in charge, (E)each with his work, and commands (F)the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 (G)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (H)in the evening, or (I)at midnight, or (J)when the rooster crows,[c] or (K)in the morning— 36 lest (L)he come suddenly and (M)find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: (N)Stay awake.”
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- Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray
- Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
- Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
1 Peter 4:7
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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.
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