1 Thess 5:1Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you.
1 Thess 5:2For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
1 Thess 5:3While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
1 Thess 5:4But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;
1 Thess 5:5for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
1 Thess 5:6so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.
1 Thess 5:7For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.
1 Thess 5:8But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Thess 5:9For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thess 5:10who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.
1 Thess 5:11Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.
1 Thess 5:12¶ But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,
1 Thess 5:13and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
1 Thess 5:14We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
1 Thess 5:15See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.
1 Thess 5:16Rejoice always;
1 Thess 5:17pray without ceasing;
1 Thess 5:18in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thess 5:19Do not quench the Spirit;
1 Thess 5:20do not despise prophetic utterances.
1 Thess 5:21But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;
1 Thess 5:22abstain from every form of evil.
1 Thess 5:23¶ Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 5:24Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.
1 Thess 5:25¶ Brethren, pray for us.
1 Thess 5:26¶ Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
1 Thess 5:27I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brethren.
1 Thess 5:28¶ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.