1Th 5:1 There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen. 1Th 5:2 For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night. 1Th 5:3 When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape. 1Th 5:4 But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief. 1Th 5:5 All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 1Th 5:6 So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober. 1Th 5:7 It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk. 1Th 5:8 But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet. 1Th 5:9 God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 1Th 5:10 who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes. 1Th 5:11 And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing. 1Th 5:12 We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life. 1Th 5:13 Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves. 1Th 5:14 We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 1Th 5:15 See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people. 1Th 5:16 Be joyful always, 1Th 5:17 pray at all times, 1Th 5:18 be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus. 1Th 5:19 Do not restrain the Holy Spirit; 1Th 5:20 do not despise inspired messages. 1Th 5:21 Put all things to the test: keep what is good 1Th 5:22 and avoid every kind of evil. 1Th 5:23 May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being---spirit, soul, and body---free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Th 5:24 He who calls you will do it, because he is faithful. 1Th 5:25 Pray also for us, friends. 1Th 5:26 Greet all the believers with the kiss of peace. 1Th 5:27 I urge you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers. 1Th 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:31:44 +0000
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