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1Th_5:6 infers from the Christian’s character as children of the light, the duty to behave conformably to it, i.e. to be watchful and sober, that they might not be taken unprepared by the day of the Lord.
καθεύδειν ] denotes, under the image of sleep, carelessness about the eternal salvation of the soul. In Eph_5:14 it is of the sleep of sin.
οἱ λοιποί ] the others (comp. 1Th_4:13; Eph_2:3), i.e. the unbelievers.
γρη γορεῖν and νήφειν are also conjoined in 1Pe_5:8. νήφειν is the opposite of μεθύσκεσθαι , 1Th_5:7. Oecumenius: ἐπίτασις ἐγρηγόρσεως τὸ νήφειν · ἔνι γὰρ καὶ ἐγρηγορέναι καὶ μηδὲν διαφέρειν καθεύδοντος .