1Ts5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you.
1Ts5:2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
1Ts5:3 When they say, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!
1Ts5:4 But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief;
1Ts5:5 for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.
1Ts5:6 So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober;
1Ts5:7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
1Ts5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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1Ts5:10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.
1Ts5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.
1Ts5:12 But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labor among you, and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you;
1Ts5:13 esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
1Ts5:14 And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.
1Ts5:15 See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
1Ts5:16 Rejoice always,
1Ts5:17 pray without ceasing,
1Ts5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1Ts5:19 Do not quench the Spirit.
1Ts5:20 Do not despise the words of prophets,
1Ts5:21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;
1Ts5:22 abstain from every form of evil.
1Ts5:23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Ts5:24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.
1Ts5:25 Beloved, pray for us.
1Ts5:26 Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
1Ts5:27 I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all of them.
1Ts5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.