Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

And that, knowing the time, that now {it is} high time to awake out of sleep: for now {is} our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed {is} he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. {he: or, it}

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

{For the Son of man is} as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

His watchmen {are} blind: they are all ignorant, they {are} all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. {sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep}

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

Blessed {are} those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; {broided: or, plaited}

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed {is} willing, but the flesh {is} weak.

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; {of good...: or, modest}

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. {sober...: or, discreet}

Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak {this} to your shame.

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.

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord {is} at hand.

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou {wilt}.

Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. {he: or, it}

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed {is} he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

{Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds {they are} without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. {sober: or, vigilant}

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman {was} very beautiful to look upon.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, {that} they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, {till} wine inflame them! {inflame: of, pursue}

Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

They all hold swords, {being} expert in war: every man {hath} his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.