Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Thessalonians 5:6
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1 Thessalonians5:6
6. others--Greek, "the rest" of the world: the unconverted (1Th 4:13). "Sleep" here is worldly apathy to spiritual things (Ro 13:11; Ep 5:14); in 1Th 5:7, ordinary sleep; in 1Th 5:10, death.
watch--for Christ's coming; literally, "be wakeful." The same Greek occurs in 1Co 15:34; 2Ti 2:26.
be sober--refraining from carnal indulgence, mental or sensual (1Pe 5:8).
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