Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
others--Greek, "the rest" of the world: the unconverted (1 Thessalonians 4:13). "Sleep" here is worldly apathy to spiritual things (Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14); in 1 Thessalonians 5:7, ordinary sleep; in 1 Thessalonians 5:10, death.
watch--for Christ's coming; literally, "be wakeful." The same Greek occurs in 1 Corinthians 15:34; 2 Timothy 2:26.
be sober--refraining from carnal indulgence, mental or sensual (1 Peter 5:8).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ezekiel 7:7
Ephesians 5:14
1 Thessalonians 5:3
1 Timothy 3:2
Jude 1:8
Revelation 3:3
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