Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. | Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. |
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. | Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. |
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Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong! | Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. |
With all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints. | With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be alert with all perseverance and every request for all the saints. |
So then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. | So then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober. |
Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. | Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. |
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer. | The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. |
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. | Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. |