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But you, beloved, a are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief;
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for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.
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So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober;
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for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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