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and those becoming drunk, get drunk by night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_thessalonians/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_thessalonians/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_thessalonians/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />People who sleep, sleep at night; people who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For people who go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_thessalonians/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_thessalonians/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for those sleeping, sleep by night, and those making themselves drunk, are drunken by night,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For those sleeping, sleep by night; and those becoming drunk, get drunk by night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For they sleeping sleep in the night; and they drunken are drunken in the night.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are inebriated, are inebriated in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_thessalonians/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Those who sleep go to sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_thessalonians/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep in the night: and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk are drunk at night.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For those sleeping, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, get drunk in the night:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunken are drunken at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />for they, that sleep, sleep in the night; and drunkards are drunk in the night:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sgDUoqNjFio?start=655" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_thessalonians/5.htm">The Day of the Lord</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those who</a> <a href="/greek/2518.htm" title="2518: katheudontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.">sleep,</a> <a href="/greek/2518.htm" title="2518: katheudousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.">sleep</a> <a href="/greek/3571.htm" title="3571: nyktos (N-GFS) -- The night, night-time. A primary word; night.">at night;</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those who</a> <a href="/greek/3182.htm" title="3182: methyskomenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To make drunk; pass: I become drunk. A prolonged form of methuo; to intoxicate.">get drunk,</a> <a href="/greek/3184.htm" title="3184: methyousin (V-PIA-3P) -- To be intoxicated with wine, be drunk. From another form of methe; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk.">get drunk</a> <a href="/greek/3571.htm" title="3571: nyktos (N-GFS) -- The night, night-time. A primary word; night.">at night.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12-13</a></span><br />The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8-14</a></span><br />For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, / for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. / Test and prove what pleases the Lord. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a></span><br />But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3-7</a></span><br />For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. / Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. / But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-35</a></span><br />Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? / Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. / Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Matthew 24:48-51</a></span><br />But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ / And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/24-13.htm">Job 24:13-17</a></span><br />Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. / When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. / The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. / At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11</a></span><br />But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13</a></span><br />Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-13.htm">Jeremiah 13:13-14</a></span><br />then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem. / I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15</a></span><br />Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.</p><p class="hdg">they that sleep.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-13.htm">Job 4:13</a></b></br> In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-15.htm">Job 33:15</a></b></br> In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34,35</a></b></br> And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and <i>so</i> that day come upon you unawares… </p><p class="hdg">and they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/25-36.htm">1 Samuel 25:36,37</a></b></br> And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart <i>was</i> merry within him, for he <i>was</i> very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-35</a></b></br> Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/21-4.htm">Isaiah 21:4,5</a></b></br> My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-20.htm">Freely</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-2.htm">Making</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-5.htm">Night</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-15.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-13.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">Freely</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-12.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-8.htm">Night</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-10.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">1 Thessalonians 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-1.htm">He proceeds in the description of Christ's coming to judgment;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-16.htm">and gives various instructions;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-23.htm">and so concludes the epistle.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_thessalonians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For those who sleep, sleep at night</b><br>This phrase uses the metaphor of sleep to describe spiritual lethargy or unawareness. In biblical context, sleep often symbolizes a lack of vigilance or preparedness, as seen in the parable of the ten virgins (<a href="/matthew/25.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a>). Night, in this context, represents a time of darkness and moral ambiguity, contrasting with the light of day, which symbolizes truth and righteousness (<a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-21</a>). The cultural understanding of night as a time for rest and inactivity underscores the idea of spiritual complacency. This metaphor encourages believers to remain spiritually awake and alert, as Paul emphasizes earlier in the chapter (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:6</a>).<p><b>and those who get drunk, get drunk at night</b><br>Drunkenness is used here as a metaphor for moral and spiritual carelessness. In the ancient world, as today, night was often associated with revelry and indulgence, activities that are typically hidden from the scrutiny of daylight. This reflects a broader biblical theme where darkness is associated with sin and separation from God (<a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a>). The call is for believers to live as children of the light, avoiding behaviors that lead to spiritual dullness and moral compromise (<a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12-13</a>). The contrast between night and day serves as a reminder of the transformative power of Christ, who calls His followers to live in the light of His truth and righteousness (1 <a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Thessalonians, providing guidance and encouragement to the early Christian community.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/thessalonica.htm">Thessalonica</a></b><br>A city in Macedonia where the early church was established. It was a significant location for trade and culture, influencing the spread of Christianity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_thessalonian_church.htm">The Thessalonian Church</a></b><br>The recipients of Paul's letter, a group of believers facing challenges and needing instruction on living a Christian life.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/night.htm">Night</a></b><br>Symbolically used in this passage to represent a time of moral and spiritual darkness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/day.htm">Day</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, it is implied as the opposite of night, representing light, awareness, and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_vigilance.htm">Understanding Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>Just as physical sleep occurs at night, spiritual complacency often happens in moral darkness. Believers are called to be vigilant and alert.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sobriety_in_spirit.htm">Sobriety in Spirit</a></b><br>The reference to drunkenness symbolizes a lack of self-control and awareness. Christians are encouraged to maintain spiritual sobriety, being clear-minded and self-disciplined.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light.htm">Living in the Light</a></b><br>The contrast between night and day serves as a metaphor for living in the light of Christ. Believers should strive to reflect the light of Jesus in their daily lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/awareness_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">Awareness of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Recognizing that spiritual darkness is a reality, Christians must equip themselves with the armor of God to stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a></b><br>The church community plays a vital role in encouraging one another to stay awake and sober, fostering an environment of mutual support and accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_thessalonians_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_people_sleep_in_heaven.htm">Do people sleep in heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_soul_sleep.htm">What does the Bible say about soul sleep?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_joel_1_5's_call_to_drunkards_unique.htm">Does Joel 1:5’s emphasis on drunkards mourning align with other biblical calls to repentance, or is this focus unique and contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_chr_1_7_-_did_god_appear_to_solomon.htm">2 Chronicles 1:7 - How could God physically appear to Solomon and speak to him, and what evidence supports this event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">They that sleep. . . .</span>--As the connection of sleep with night has already been sufficiently worked out, and is not touched upon again in <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm" title="But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.">1Thessalonians 5:8</a>, the first clause seems only to be inserted for the sake of bringing out the second, and to justify the sudden introduction of the words, "and be sober." It may thus be paraphrased: "I say, 'and be sober too,' for as they that sleep in the night, so they that be drunken are drunken in the night." It is implied that the streets <span class= "ital">even</span> of heathen Thessalonica were seldom affronted with the common English spectacle of drunken men by daylight; while among the Jews it was proof positive of sobriety to say, "It is but the third hour of the day" (<a href="/acts/2-15.htm" title="For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.">Acts 2:15</a>). In St. Cyprian's time, Christians were known from other men because their breath smelt of wine in the early morning through attending the Blessed Sacrament (<span class= "ital">Epistle</span> lxiii. 15): no heathens would have touched wine by that time.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_thessalonians/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For</span>; the reason of this exhortation. <span class="cmt_word">They that sleep, sleep in the night</span>; <span class="cmt_word">and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.</span> Here not to be taken in a metaphorical sense, but a simple statement of fact - what occurs in ordinary experience. The night is the season in which sleep and drunkenness usually occur; whereas the day is the season of watchfulness, sobriety, and work. Both heathen and Jews considered it as eminently disgraceful for a man to be seen drunken in the day-time. Hence, when the Jews accused the believers on the day of Pentecost with being filled with new wine, Peter answered, "We are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day" (<a href="/acts/2-15.htm">Acts 2:15</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sleep,</span><br /><span class="grk">καθεύδοντες</span> <span class="translit">(katheudontes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2518.htm">Strong's 2518: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sleep</span><br /><span class="grk">καθεύδουσιν</span> <span class="translit">(katheudousin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2518.htm">Strong's 2518: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sleep, be sleeping. From kata and heudo; to lie down to rest, i.e. to fall asleep.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at night;</span><br /><span class="grk">νυκτὸς</span> <span class="translit">(nyktos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3571.htm">Strong's 3571: </a> </span><span class="str2">The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">get drunk,</span><br /><span class="grk">μεθυσκόμενοι</span> <span class="translit">(methyskomenoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3182.htm">Strong's 3182: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make drunk; pass: I become drunk. A prolonged form of methuo; to intoxicate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">get drunk</span><br /><span class="grk">μεθύουσιν</span> <span class="translit">(methyousin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3184.htm">Strong's 3184: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be intoxicated with wine, be drunk. From another form of methe; to drink to intoxication, i.e. Get drunk.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at night.</span><br /><span class="grk">νυκτὸς</span> <span class="translit">(nyktos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3571.htm">Strong's 3571: </a> </span><span class="str2">The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">NT Letters: 1 Thessalonians 5:7 For those who sleep sleep (1 Thess. 1 Thes. 1Th iTh i Th)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Thessalonians 5:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Thessalonians 5:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Thessalonians 5:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Thessalonians 5:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>