1 Thessalonians 5:6 BSB

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἄρα	Ara	So	G686 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
καθεύδωμεν	katheudōmen	we may sleep	G2518 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
λοιποὶ	loipoi	others	G3062 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
γρηγορῶμεν	grēgorōmen	we may watch	G1127 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
νήφωμεν.	nēphōmen	we may be sober.	G3525 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G2518katheudomenwe may sleep22×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:11
  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- James 4:7
  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Ephesians 4:27
  and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Job 2:2
  “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- 1 Peter 1:13
  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.
Through
1 Peter 1:13
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.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:8
  Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Luke 12:35
  Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
- 1 Peter 4:7
  The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Luke 12:40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”1 Peter 1:13Therefore 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.Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.Luke 22:46“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.Romans 13:11–14And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.Revelation 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”Revelation 3:2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.Mark 13:34–35It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.Colossians 4:2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,Luke 12:39But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

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