1Thessalonians:5

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* But of the times and the seasons , brothers , you have no need that I write to you . * For you yourselves know accurately that the day of [the ] Lord comes like a thief in the night . * For when they shall say , Peace and safety ! Then sudden destruction comes on them , as travail upon a woman with child . And they shall not escape . * But you , brothers , are not in darkness , that the Day should overtake you like a thief . * You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day . We are not of the night , or of darkness . * Therefore let us not sleep as the rest [do ], but let us watch and be calm . * For those sleeping sleep in the night , and those being drunken are drunken in the night . * But let us , who are of the day , be calm , having put on [the ] breastplate of faith and love and [the ] hope of salvation [for ] a helmet . * For God has not appointed us to wrath , but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ , * who died for us , so that whether we watch or sleep we should live together with Him . * Therefore comfort one another , and edify one another , even as you also do . * And , brothers , we beseech you to know those who labor among you , and are over you in [the ] Lord , and who admonish you , * and to esteem them very highly in love for their work 's sake . Be at peace among yourselves . * Now we exhort you , brothers , warn those who are unruly , comfort the faint-hearted , support the weak , be patient toward all . * See [that ] none gives evil for evil to anyone , but always pursue the good , both towards one another and towards all . * Rejoice evermore . * Pray without ceasing . * In everything give thanks , for this [is the ] will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you . * Do not quench the Spirit . * Do not despise prophesying . * Prove all things , hold fast to the good . * Abstain from every appearance of evil . * And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you , and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ . * Faithful [is ] He who called you , who also will do [it ]. * Brothers , pray for us . * Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss . * I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers . * May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be ] with you . Amen .

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