1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Revised Geneva Translation

5 But of the times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for me to write to you.

² For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.

³ For when they shall say “Peace and safety”, then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as labor upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.

⁴ But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that that day shall come on you as a thief.

⁵ You are all children of light, and children of the day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness.

⁶ Therefore let us not sleep as others do. But, let us watch and be sober.

⁷ For those who sleep, sleep in the night. And those who are drunk, are drunk in the night.

⁸ But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the hope of salvation for a helmet.

⁹ For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by means of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁰ Who died for us so that - whether we wake or sleep - we would live together with Him.

¹¹ Therefore, exhort one another. And edify one another, just as you are doing.