Revelation 16:15 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁵ (See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who keeps awake, and keeps hold of his clothes, so that he will not have to go naked and be put to shame!)

⁴² So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming. ⁴³ But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

¹³ So you must be on the watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

⁴¹ You must all watch, and pray that you may not be exposed to trial! One's spirit is eager, but flesh and blood are weak!"

³³ You must look out and be on the alert, for you do not know when it will be time; ³⁴ just as a man when he leaves home to go on a journey, and puts his slaves in charge, each with his duties, gives orders to the watchman to keep watch. ³⁵ So you must be on the watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening or at midnight or toward daybreak or early in the morning— ³⁶ for fear he should come unexpectedly and find you asleep. ³⁷ And what I am telling you I mean for all—Be on the watch!"

³⁸ You must all watch, and pray that you may not be subjected to trial. One's spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."

³⁷ Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find on the watch when he comes. I tell you, he will gird up his robe and make them take their places at table, and go around and wait on them. ³⁸ Whether he comes late at night or early in the morning and finds them on the watch, they are blessed. ³⁹ But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁰ You must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him." ⁴¹ Peter said to him, "Master, do you mean this figure for us, or is it for everybody?" ⁴² And the Master said, "Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful manager, whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time? ⁴³ Blessed is that slave if his master when he returns finds him doing it.

³⁶ But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."

³¹ So you must be on your guard and remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped warning any of you, even with tears.

³ for if I do, I shall never find myself disembodied.

² for you yourselves know perfectly well that the Day of the Lord is to come like a thief in the night. ³ When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.

⁶ So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed.

⁷ But the end of all things is near. Be serious and collected, therefore, and pray.

¹⁰ The Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on it the heavens will pass away with a roar, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth and all its works will melt away.

³ So remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming upon you. ⁴ Yet you have a few at Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me clad in white, for they deserve to.

¹⁸ I advise you to buy of me gold that has been tested with fire, so that you may be rich, and white clothes to put on, to keep your shameful nakedness from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, to make you see.