Anderson - I Thessalonians - 5

5:1  But, brethren, you have no need that I write to you of the times and seasons;

5:2  for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:

5:3  for when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as the pains of birth upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

5:4  But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5:5  You are all sons of light, and sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness.

5:6  Therefore, let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober.

5:7  For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night.

5:8  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation:

5:9  for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

5:10  who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him.

5:11  Wherefore, exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also do.

5:12  Now we beseech you, brethren, to have regard for those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

5:13  and that you esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

5:14  We exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, earnestly care for the weak-minded, be of a long-suffering disposition toward all.

5:15  See that no one render evil for evil to any, but always pursue that which is good toward one another and toward all.

5:16  Rejoice always;

5:17  pray without ceasing;

5:18  in every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

5:19  Quench not the Spirit.

5:20  Despise not prophesyings.

5:21  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

5:22  Abstain from every appearance of evil.

5:23  Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

5:24  Faithful is he that calls you; and he will do what he has promised.

5:25  Brethren, pray for us.

5:26  Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

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

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