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¹ And concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need of my writing to you,² for you have thoroughly known that the Day of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night,³ for when they may say, "Peace and security," then sudden destruction comes [on] them, as the travail [on] her who is with child, and they will not escape;⁴ but you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day may catch you as a thief;⁵ you are all 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, sleep by night, and those making themselves drunk, are drunken by night,⁸ and we, being of the day—let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a 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 died for us, that whether we wake—whether we sleep—we may live together with Him;

¹¹ for this reason, comfort one another, and build up one another, as also you do.¹² And we ask you, brothers, to know those laboring 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, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient to all;¹⁵ see [that] no one may render evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue that which is good, both to one another and to all;

¹⁶ always rejoice;¹⁷ continually pray;¹⁸ give thanks in everything, for this [is] the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.¹⁹ Do not quench the Spirit;²⁰ do not despise prophesyings;²¹ prove all things; hold fast [to] that which is good;²² abstain from all appearance of evil;

²³ and may the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved, unblameably at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;²⁴ He who is calling you is steadfast, who also will do [it].²⁵ Brothers, pray for us.²⁶ Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.²⁷ I charge you [by] the LORD, that the letter be read to all the holy brothers.²⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you! Amen.