Ephesians 5:14

He saith; the Lord saith, namely, by the general tenor of his word.

Sleepest; are stupid and senseless in the darkness and pollution of sin.

Arise from the dead; wake from death in sin to a sense of thy guilty, lost condition, and look to Him who died for thee, and he will make thee light, and thus sanctify and save thee. The deadness of men in trespasses and sins is not such as to free them from obligation to awake and rise to newness of life. Of course ministers of the gospel are bound to call upon them thus to awake without delay; and under the influence with which God accompanies this call, all should hear and obey.