1 Thessalonians 5

¹But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

²For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

³When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

⁴But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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

⁶So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

⁷For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

⁸But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

⁹For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁰Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

¹¹So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

¹²But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

¹³And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.