5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you:

5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night:

5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape:

5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness:

5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober:

5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night:

5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation:

5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ:

5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him:

5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do:

5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you:

5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work' s sake. [And] be at peace among yourselves:

5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all:

5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all:

5:16 Rejoice evermore:

5:17 Pray without ceasing:

5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you:

5:19 Quench not the Spirit:

5:20 Despise not prophesyings:

5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good:

5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil:

5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

5:24 Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do:

5:25 Brethren, pray for us:

5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss:

5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren:

5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen. < The first [epistle] unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens: