Matthew 24:42
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42 (A)Watch therefore, for you do not know what [a]hour your Lord is coming.
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- Matthew 24:42 NU day
Luke 21:36
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36 (A)Watch therefore, and (B)pray always that you may [a]be counted (C)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”
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- Luke 21:36 NU have strength to
1 Thessalonians 5:6
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6 (A)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (B)let us watch and be [a]sober.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
Matthew 25:13
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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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- Matthew 25:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
Revelation 16:15
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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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1 Corinthians 16:13
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Final Exhortations
13 (A)Watch, (B)stand fast in the faith, be brave, (C)be strong.
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Luke 12:35-40
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The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant(A)
35 (B)“Let your waist be girded and (C)your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. 37 (D)Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. 38 And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 (E)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would [a]have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 40 (F)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
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- Luke 12:39 NU not have allowed
Matthew 24:36
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No One Knows the Day or Hour(A)
36 (B)“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of [a]heaven, (C)but My Father only.
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- Matthew 24:36 NU adds nor the Son
Romans 13:11
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Put on Christ
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.
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Matthew 24:44
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44 (A)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
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Matthew 26:38-41
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38 Then He said to them, (A)“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and (B)prayed, saying, (C)“O My Father, if it is possible, (D)let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, (E)not as I will, but as You will.”
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 (F)Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. (G)The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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Revelation 3:2-3
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2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before [a]God. 3 (A)Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and (B)repent. (C)Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you (D)as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
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- Revelation 3:2 NU, M My God
1 Peter 5:8
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8 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 Peter 5:8 self-controlled
- 1 Peter 5:8 watchful
- 1 Peter 5:8 NU, M omit because
Mark 13:33-37
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33 (A)Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. 34 (B)It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave (C)authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 (D)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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1 Peter 4:7
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Serving for God’s Glory
7 But (A)the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
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