Common - I Thessalonians - 5

5:1  Now as to the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need to have anything written to you.

5:2  For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

5:3  While people are saying, "Peace and safety," then destruction will come upon them suddenly as labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

5:4  But you, brethren, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

5:5  For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

5:6  So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

5:7  For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

5:8  But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

5:9  For God has not destined us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

5:10  who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with him.

5:11  Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

5:12  But we ask you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

5:13  and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

5:14  And we urge you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

5:15  See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

5:16  Rejoice always,

5:17  pray without ceasing,

5:18  give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

5:19  Do not quench the Spirit;

5:20  do not despise prophecies.

5:21  But test everything; hold fast to what is good.

5:22  Abstain from every form of evil.

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

5:24  He who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

5:25  Brethren, pray for us.

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

5:27  I charge you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brethren.

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