Romans 13:11
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The Day Is Near
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
1 Peter 4:7
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1 Thessalonians 5:5-8
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5 You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(B) but let us be awake(C) and sober.(D) 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(E) 8 But since we belong to the day,(F) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(G) and the hope of salvation(H) as a helmet.(I)
Ephesians 5:14
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14 This is why it is said:
1 Corinthians 15:34
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34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God(A)—I say this to your shame.(B)
Mark 13:35-37
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35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
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The Day of the Lord
5 Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates(A) we do not need to write to you,(B) 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord(C) will come like a thief in the night.(D) 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(E) destruction will come on them suddenly,(F) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(G)
Matthew 24:42-44
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42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.(A) 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,(B) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready,(C) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
2 Peter 3:13-15
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13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(A) where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(B) and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(C) means salvation,(D) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(E)
Revelation 22:20
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Luke 21:28
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28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”(A)
Matthew 26:40-41
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40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me(A) for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(B) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Revelation 22:12
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Epilogue: Invitation and Warning
12 “Look, I am coming soon!(A) My reward is with me,(B) and I will give to each person according to what they have done.(C)
Matthew 25:5-7
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5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.(A)
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever(A) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(B) for in the realm of the dead,(C) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(D)
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
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29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(A) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(B)
Jonah 1:6
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6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call(A) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”(B)
1 Corinthians 10:11
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11 These things happened to them as examples(A) and were written down as warnings for us,(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(C)
Isaiah 21:11-12
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A Prophecy Against Edom
11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(A)
Someone calls to me from Seir,(B)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12 The watchman replies,
“Morning is coming, but also the night.
If you would ask, then ask;
and come back yet again.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.
Matthew 16:3
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3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.[a](A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 16:3 Some early manuscripts do not have When evening comes … of the times.
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