- 1. And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,
- 2. for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,
- 3. for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape;
- 4. and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;
- 5. all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
- 6. so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
- 7. for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
- 8. and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,
- 9. because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- 10. who did die for us, that whether we wake -- whether we sleep -- together with him we may live;
- 11. wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.
- 12. And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
- 13. and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;
- 14. and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;
- 15. see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;
- 16. always rejoice ye;
- 17. continually pray ye;
- 18. in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
- 19. The Spirit quench not;
- 20. prophesyings despise not;
- 21. all things prove; that which is good hold fast;
- 22. from all appearance of evil abstain ye;
- 23. and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- 24. stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do `it'.
- 25. Brethren, pray for us;
- 26. salute all the brethren in an holy kiss;
- 27. I charge you `by' the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;
- 28. the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ `is' with you! Amen.
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