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Wake up, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
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A Call to Constant Alertness
The command 'Be watchful' is more than a one-time wake-up call. Scholars note the original language implies an ongoing action: 'keep on becoming watchful.' This is a call to develop a new, sustained habit of spiritual alertness, reversing the complacency and spiritual sleepiness that had overtaken the church.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Be watchful. Be wakeful; be attentive and earnest—in contrast to the drowsy condition of the church.
Strengthen the things whic…
Be thou watchful (γινου γρηγορων). Periphrastic imperative with present middle of γινομα (keep on becoming) and present active par…
19th Century
Anglican
Be watchful.—Rather, become wakeful. It is not enough simply to rouse and sleepily grasp at their spiritual weapons, or e…
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The command “Wake up!” (lit., “Be watchful”; GK 1213) is a call to reverse their attitudes radically. The congregation must be alerted to the serio…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Be watchful
Which may respect both ministers and members. The ministers of the Gospel, whose business is to watch …
The Lord Jesus is He who has the Holy Spirit with all His powers, graces, and operations. Hypocrisy and lamentable decay in religion are sins charg…
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