BE VIGILANT

 -In 1 Peter 5:8, Peter also instructs us to “be vigilant”.

-vigilant – (Strongs)** - gregoreuo  - to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively

                                        KJV - be vigilant, wake, (be) watch (-ful).

               -(Vines)* - gregoreo - "to watch,"…"keeping awake,"…"spiritual alertness,"…

   "be watchful" (KJV, "be vigilant")

-So, “vigilant” carries with it the idea of being awake, watchful and alert.

-Let’s see how this word is used in some other passages:

            -Matt 26:38 – “watch”

            -Matt 24:43 – “he would have watched”

            -1 Cor 16:3 – “watch ye”

            -1 Thess 5:6-10

- vs 6 - “let us watch” - gregoreuo   (be sober = nepho as in 1 Pet 5:8 – “sober”)

                        -vs 8 – (“be sober” = nepho as in 1 Pet 5:8 – “sober”)

                        -vs 10 – “we wake” – gregoreuo

            -Acts 20:31

            -Mark 13:35-37 – “watch ye” (vs 35), “watch” (vs 37)

-We as Christians need to be watchful, awake and alert because of the lurking dangers of

  the devil and the ways of sin.

-He is a “roaring lion seeking whom he may devour”.

*(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright (c)1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

 **(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew   

      Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)