30.25 · Think · To Think, Thought

to be sober-minded, to be well composed in mind (a figurative extension of meaning of νήφω ‘to be sober, to not be drunk,’ probably not occurring in the NT; see 88.86) to be in control of one’s thought processes and thus not be in danger of irrational thinking It is also possible to understand νήφω in 1TH 5:6 as meaning ‘self-control,’ as a characteristic of moral behavior (see 88.86).

1TH 5:6 · 1TH 5:8 · 1PE 1:13 · 1PE 4:7 · 1PE 5:8

88.86 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Self-Control, Lack of Self-Control

to be self-controlled, to be restrained, to be moderate in one’s behavior, to be sober (a figurative extension of meaning of νήφω ‘to be sober,’ in the sense of ‘not being drunk,’ probably not occurring in the NT) to behave with restraint and moderation, thus not permitting excess It is possible that in 1TH 5:8 νήφω means lack of drunkenness, but most scholars interpret the use of νήφω in the NT as applying to a broader range of soberness or sobriety, namely, restraint and moderation which avoids excess in passion, rashness, or confusion. For another interpretation of νήφω in 1TH 5:8, as well as in 1TH 5:6, see 30.25.

1TH 5:6 · 1TH 5:8 · 2TI 4:5 · 1PE 4:7