| 1 | But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. |
| 2 | For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. |
| 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. |
| 4 | But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: |
| 5 | for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; |
| 6 | so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. |
| 7 | For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. |
| 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. |
| 9 | For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 10 | who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. |
| 11 | Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do. |
| 12 | But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; |
| 13 | and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves. |
| 14 | And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all. |
| 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. |
| 16 | Rejoice always; |
| 17 | pray without ceasing; |
| 18 | in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward. |
| 19 | Quench not the Spirit; |
| 20 | despise not prophesyings; |
| 21 | prove all things; hold fast that which is good; |
| 22 | abstain from every form of evil. |
| 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. |
| 24 | Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it. |
| 25 | Brethren, pray for us. |
| 26 | Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss. |
| 27 | I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren. |
| 28 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. |