1 Thessalonians 5

¹But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to,

²for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of [the] Lord so comes as a thief by night.

³When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

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

⁵for all ye are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

⁶So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;

⁷for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;

⁸but we being of [the] day, let us be sober, putting on [the] breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet [the] hope of salvation;

⁹because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁰who has died for us, that whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him.

¹¹Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.

¹²But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in [the] Lord, and admonish you,

¹³and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.