1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

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KJV

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

ASV

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

YLT

for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

DBT

for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;

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Sleeping here the apostle calls those who remain in evil, as being immovable toward virtue and immersed in dreamlike delusions. Such, indeed, are the affairs of the present life, in no way differing from the visions of sleep. Furthermore, by drunkenness he means not only …

Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on 1 Thessalonians, 1107patristic

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For they that sleep, sleep in the night,.... The night is the usual season for sleep, and sleep is only for such who are in darkness, and are children of the night; and not proper to be indulged by such who are children of the day, and of the light: and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night; drunkenness is a work of darkness, and therefore men given to excessive drinking love darkness rather than light, and choose the night for their purpose.

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

For they that sleep, sleep in the night - Night is the time for sleep. The day is the time for action, and in the light of day people should be employed. Night and sleep are made for each other, and so are the day and active employment.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

This verse is to be taken in the literal sense. Night is the time when sleepers sleep, and drinking men are drunk. To sleep by day would imply great indolence; to be drunken by day, great shamelessness.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

They were not sensible of their danger, therefore they slept; they were not sensible of their duty, therefore they were drunk: but it ill becomes Christians to do thus. What! shall Christians, who have the light of the blessed gospel shining in their faces, be careless about their souls, and unmindful of another world?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Galatians 5:21
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.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
2 Peter 2:13
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Acts 2:15
These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!
Daniel 5:4–5
As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
1 Samuel 25:36
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Isaiah 21:4–5
My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
Luke 21:34–35
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.

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Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
leads to
- Galatians 5:21
  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.
- Ephesians 5:18
  Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
  For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
- 1 Peter 4:3–5
  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.
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1 Corinthians 15:34
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:5
  I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
- Romans 13:11
  And 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.
- Hebrews 5:11–12
  We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
- Joel 1:5
  Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

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