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For God did not call us to impurity, but in sanctification.

Now concerning love of the brothers, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

for indeed you do practice it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel still more,

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

in everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Brothers, pray for us.

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is only fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another increases all the more,

so that we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.

Since it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our witness to you was believed.

To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill all your good pleasure for goodness and the work of faith with power,