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1 Thessalonians 5

¹There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen.

²For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.

³When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe,"then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.

⁴But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief.

⁵All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

⁶So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober.

⁷It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk.

⁸But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet.

⁹God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁰who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.

¹¹And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing.

¹²We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.

¹³Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.

¹⁴We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

¹⁵See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.

¹⁶Be joyful always,

¹⁷pray at all times,

¹⁸be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.

¹⁹Do not restrain the Holy Spirit;

²⁰do not despise inspired messages.

²¹Put all things to the test: keep what is good

²²and avoid every kind of evil.

²³May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being---spirit, soul, and body---free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁴He who calls you will do it, because he is faithful.

²⁵Pray also for us, friends.

²⁶Greet all the believers with the kiss of peace.

²⁷I urge you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers.

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