1 Thessalonians 5:2-9

English Standard Version

² For you yourselves are fully aware that ^(A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^(B)sudden destruction will come upon them ^(C)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴ But you ^(D)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. ⁵ For you are all ^(E)children^[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶ So then ^(F)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^(G)keep awake and ^(H)be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^(I)are drunk at night. ⁸ But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^(J)having put on the breastplate of ^(K)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹ For God has not destined us for ^(L)wrath, but ^(M)to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,