1 Thessalonians 5:7 (GNV)

Passage

For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:5 Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed vs vnto wrath, but to obtaine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sleepe", "night", and "drunken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sleepe" and "night", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Therefore let vs not sleepe as do..." into verse 8's "But let vs which are of the...", so "sleepe" and "night" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sleepe" and "night" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.