Therefore, see that you walk carefully [living life with honor, purpose and courage; shunning those who tolerate and enable evil], not as unwise, but as wise [sensible, intelligent, discerning people], making the most of your time [on earth, recognizing and taking advantage of each opportunity and using it with wisdom and diligence], because the days are [filled with] evil.
Clarke’s Commentary
“Be watchful, wary and cautious in order to avoid danger…that your enemies may never be able to say that you are holy in your doctrines and profession, but irregular in your lives.
“Buying up those moments which others seem to throw away; steadily improving every present moment, that you may, in some measure, regain the time you have lost. Let time be your chief commodity; deal in that alone; buy it all up, and use every portion of it yourselves.
“Time is that on which eternity depends; in time you are to get a preparation for the kingdom of God; if you get not this time, your ruin is inevitable; therefore, buy up the time…The present times are dangerous, they are full of trouble and temptations…”
