ACV - I Thessalonians - 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.