5:1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.

5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

5:3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

5:5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

5:6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

5:8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

5:9 For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

5:10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

5:11 Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

5:12 But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

5:13 and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

5:14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

5:15 See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

5:16 Rejoice always;

5:17 pray without ceasing;

5:18 in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

5:19 Quench not the Spirit;

5:20 despise not prophesyings;

5:21 prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

5:22 abstain from every form of evil.

5:23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.

5:25 Brethren, pray for us.

5:26 Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

5:27 I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.