Mat_24:44.
Διὰ
τοῦτο
] in order that, as regards your salvation, your case may not be similar to the householder in question, who ought to have watched, although he did not know the
φυλακή
of the thief.
καὶ
ὑμεῖς
] as the householder would have been had he watched.
ἕτοιμοι
] spoken of their spiritual readiness for the second advent, which would take them by surprise (Mat_25:10; Tit_3:1). This preparedness they were to acquire for themselves (
γίνεσθε
).