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1 Thessalonians 5:4-6
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4 However, brethren, you do not live in darkness, and therefore that Day will not catch you unawares like a thief. 5 For all of you are children of the light[a] and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So we must not fall asleep as the others do, but we must stay alert and sober.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Children of the light: in Semitic languages, to be “children of [something]” meant to be characterized by it. Christians not only live in the light but are characterized by light.
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