- 1. But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you.
- 2. For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght.
- 3. For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape.
- 4. But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe.
- 5. Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse.
- 6. Therefore let vs not sleepe, as [do] other: but let vs watche and be sober.
- 7. For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght.
- 8. But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation.
- 9. For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe,
- 10. Whiche dyed for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we shoulde lyue together with hym.
- 11. Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do.
- 12. And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you:
- 13. That ye haue them in hye reputation, in loue for their worke, and be at peace among your selues.
- 14. We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.
- 15. See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.
- 16. Reioyce euer.
- 17. Pray continually.
- 18. In all thinges geue thankes. For this [is] the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.
- 19. Quenche not the spirite.
- 20. Despise not prophesiynges.
- 21. Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good.
- 22. Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll.
- 23. And the very God of peace santifie you throughout [And I pray God] that your whole spirite, and soule, and body, may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
- 24. Faythfull is he whiche called you, whiche wyll also do it.
- 25. Brethren, pray for vs.
- 26. Greete all the brethren in an holy kysse.
- 27. I charge you in the Lorde, that this epistle be read vnto al the holy brethren.
- 28. The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you. Amen. [The first (epistle) vnto the Thessalonians, written from Athens.]
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