When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert.”
Be on guard! Be alert ! You do not know when that time will come.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
They have tracked me down, they now surround me, with eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert.
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ ”
So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.
“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.
Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.