Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Gill's Exposition
Be sober, be vigilant,.... The apostle had exhorted to each of these before; see Pe1 1:13 but thought fit to repeat them; sobriety and watchfulness being exceeding necessary and useful in the…
Barnes' Notes
Be sober - While you cast your cares Upon God, and have no anxiety on that score, let your solicitude be directed to another point. Do not doubt that he is able and willing to support and befriend…
Adam Clarke
Be sober - Avoid drunkenness of your senses, and drunkenness in your souls; be not overcharged with the concerns of the world.
Be vigilant - Awake, and keep awake; be always watchful; never be off…
Here the apostle does three things: -
I. He shows them their danger from an enemy more cruel and restless than even the worst of men, whom he describes,
1. By his characters and names. (1.) He is an…
Cambridge Bible
Be sober, be vigilant The two words are found in a like juxtaposition in 1Th 5:6. The tense used here implies an immediate act, as though he said, "Rouse yourselves to sobriety and watchfulness,"…
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