King James Version
1 Thessalonians 5:7 in the King James Version says “For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.” — study this verse from 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.”
1 Thessalonians 5:7 · KJV
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
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.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“sleep”
G2518to lie down to rest, i.e., (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
“sleep”
G2518to lie down to rest, i.e., (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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