5 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you.^{(A) 2} For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.^{(B) 3} When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!^{(C) 4} But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief;^{(D) 5} for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. ⁶ So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,^{(E) 7} for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.^{(F) 8} But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.^{(G) 9} For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,^{(H) 10} who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.^{(I) 11} Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.