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  • 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.