Matthew 24:42
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42 [a](A)Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
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- 24:42–44 Cf. Lk 12:39–40. The theme of vigilance and readiness is continued with the bold comparison of the Son of Man to a thief who comes to break into a house.
Romans 13:12-13
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12 the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness [and] put on the armor of light;(A) 13 let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day,[a] not in orgies and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy.(B)
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- 13:13 Let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day: the behavior described in Rom 1:29–30 is now to be reversed. Secular moralists were fond of making references to people who could not wait for nightfall to do their carousing. Paul says that Christians claim to be people of the new day that will dawn with the return of Christ. Instead of planning for nighttime behavior they should be concentrating on conduct that is consonant with avowed interest in the Lord’s return.
1 Peter 5:8
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8 Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour.(A)
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