1 Thessalonians 5:6

“Therefore let us not sleep as do others etc.] As the rest of the Gentiles, as unconverted persons, who are in a state of darkness, and are children of the night; let us not act that part they do, or be like them; which professors of religion too much are, when they indulge themselves in carnal lusts and pleasures, and are careless and thoughtless about the coming of the day of the Lord; and get into a stupid, drowsy, and slumbering frame of spirit; when grace lies dormant as if it was not, and they grow backward to, and slothful in the discharge of duty, and content themselves with the bare externals of religion; and become lukewarm and indifferent with respect to the truths and ordinance of…”

“others--Greek, "the rest" of the world: the unconverted (Th1 4:13). "Sleep" here is worldly apathy to spiritual things (Rom 13:11; Eph 5:14); in Th1 5:7, ordinary sleep; in Th1 5:10, death. watch--for Christ's coming; literally, "be wakeful." The same Greek occurs in Co1 15:34; Ti2 2:26. be sober--refraining from carnal indulgence, mental or sensual (Pe1 5:8).”

“Therefore let us no sleep, as do others - As the wicked world does; compare notes, Matthew 25:5. But let us watch - That is, for the coming of the Lord. Let us regard it as an event which is certainly to occur, and which may occur at any moment; notes, Matthew 25:13. And be sober - The word here used (νήφω nēphō) is rendered sober in 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 5:8; and watch in 2 Timothy 4:5, and 1 Peter 4:7. It does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It properly means, to be temperate or abstinent, especially in respect to wine. Joseph. Jewish Wars, 5. 5, 7; Xenophon, Cyr. 7. 5, 20; and then it is used in a more general sense, as meaning to be…”

“Awake, and keep awake - Being awakened, let us have all our spiritual senses about us. 1 Thessalonians 5:7”

“5:6 Stay alert and be clearheaded echoes Jesus’ call to be morally prepared because the disciples will not know the day of his return (Matt 24:42, 44; 25:13; cp. 1 Pet 1:13).”

“let us not: Pro 19:15; Isa 56:10; Jon 1:6; Mat 13:25, Mat 25:5; Mar 14:37; Luk 22:46; Rom 13:11-14; Co1 15:34; Eph 5:14 watch: Mat 24:42, Mat 25:13, Mat 26:38, Mat 26:40, Mat 26:41; Mar 13:34, Mar 13:35, Mar 13:37, Mar 14:38; Luk 12:37, Luk 12:39; Luk 21:36, Luk 22:46; Act 20:31; Co1 16:13; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2; Ti2 4:5; Pe1 4:7; Rev 3:2, Rev 16:15 sober: Th1 5:8; Phi 4:5; Ti1 2:9, Ti1 2:15, Ti1 3:2, Ti1 3:11; Tit 2:6, Tit 2:12; Pe1 1:13, Pe1 5:8 1 Thessalonians 5:7”