1 Thessalonians 5:7

Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 3

  “Since they are taken out of sinners, of whom it is said generally, “But they that sleep, sleep in the night.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 7.

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• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 63

  “Whosoever worketh evil things, in the night he worketh, not in the dawn; according to the Apostle, saying, “They that are drunken, in the night are drunken; and they that sleep, in the night do sleep; let us that are of the day, be sober.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 7, 8.

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• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XV.9Book XV

  “…us watch and be sober: for they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night: but let us who are of the day, be sober.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 6–8

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Catena Aurea on Matthew

• JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew

  “And He adds emphatically, “this night,” because as “they that are drunken are drunken by night,” [1 Thess. 5:7] so they that are scandalized are scandalized by night, and in the dark.” — the author cites it

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor II.9Book II

  “For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; we are not of the night, nor of the darkness.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 5–8.

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• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.20Book IV

  “But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as an helmet the hope of salvation.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 6–8.

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• Proverbs 8:34

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Proverbs 30:15

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.9.

• Matthew 19:20

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Matthew 26:30

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:30–35 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 26:31

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:30–35 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 26:32

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:30–35 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Matthew 26:33

  Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:30–35 (3) (Catena Aurea).

• Luke 12:35

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Luke 12:36

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Luke 12:37

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• John 1:3

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• John 1:4

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• John 1:5

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Acts 3:21

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Acts 16:25

  Cited together in The Instructor II.9.

• Galatians 4:24

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XV.9.