Be sober

Usually translated “we may be sober”, “may be sober” and “do be sober”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• we may be sober 1
• may be sober 1
• do be sober 1
• being sober-minded 1
• do sober 1
• do be sober-minded 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 1 Peter 3
• 1 Thessalonians 2
• 2 Timothy 1

3 books in all.

• Sober (nēphaleos)
• To wake up (eknēphō)
• Be of sound mind (sōphroneō)

• 1 Thessalonians 5:8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
• 2 Timothy 4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
• 1 Peter 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• 1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).