1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

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⁴ But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief;^{(A) 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,^{(B) 7} for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.^{(C) 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.^{(D) 9} For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,^{(E) 10} who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.^{(F) 11} Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.