I Thessalonians Chapter 5

5 : 1 But about the times and the seasons, brothers, ye have no need to be written to you.

5 : 2 For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

5 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

5 : 4 But ye, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day would seize you as a thief.

5 : 5 Ye are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

5 : 6 So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.

5 : 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night.

5 : 8 But we, being of the day, should be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

5 : 9 Because God appointed us not for wrath, but for an acquired possession of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us.

5 : 10 So that, whether we are awake or sleep, we should live together with him.

5 : 11 Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

5 : 12 And we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and who lead you in the Lord, and who admonish you,

5 : 13 and to esteem them with exceptional love because of their work. Live peaceably among yourselves.

5 : 14 And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

5 : 15 See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

5 : 16 Rejoice always.

5 : 17 Pray without ceasing.

5 : 18 In everything express thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

5 : 19 Do not quench the Spirit.

5 : 20 Do not disdain prophecies,

5 : 21 but examine all things. Hold firm the good.

5 : 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

5 : 23 And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 : 24 Faithful is he who calls you, who also will do it.

5 : 25 Brothers, pray about us.

5 : 26 Salute all the brothers by a holy kiss.

5 : 27 I adjure you by the Lord that the letter be read to all the holy brothers.

5 : 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you. Truly.