Reference

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

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But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

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Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Death as Sleep
Multi-Signal Classification
70% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Death as Sleep

The verse uses "sleepest" and "dead" in parallel, suggesting that "sleep" is a metaphor for a state of spiritual inactivity or ignorance, distinct from physical death, which is explicitly mentioned as "dead."