LEB - I Thessalonians - 5

5:1  Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need of anything to be written to you,

5:2  for you yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the same way as a thief in the night.

5:3  Whenever they say “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of ⌞a pregnant woman⌟, and they will not possibly escape.

5:4  But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,

5:5  for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

5:6  So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.

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

5:8  But because we are of the day, we must be sober, by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation,

5:9  because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

5:11  Therefore encourage one another and build up ⌞each other⌟, just as indeed you are doing.

5:12  Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

5:13  and to esteem them beyond all measure in love, because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

5:14  And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all people.

5:15  See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward one another and toward all people.

5:16  Rejoice always,

5:17  pray constantly,

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

5:19  Do not quench the Spirit.

5:20  Do not despise prophecies,

5:21  but examine all things; 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 completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

5:24  The one who calls you is faithful, who also will do this.

5:25  Brothers, pray for us.

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

5:27  I adjure you by the Lord, have this letter read aloud to all the brothers.

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