1Thessalonians - Chapter 5 | Good News Translation

  • 1. There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen.
  • 2. For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.
  • 3. When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.
  • 4. But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief.
  • 5. All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
  • 6. So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober.
  • 7. It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk.
  • 8. But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet.
  • 9. God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 10. who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.
  • 11. And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing.
  • 12. We beg you, our friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.
  • 13. Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.
  • 14. We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
  • 15. See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.
  • 16. Be joyful always,
  • 17. pray at all times,
  • 18. be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.
  • 19. Do not restrain the Holy Spirit;
  • 20. do not despise inspired messages.
  • 21. Put all things to the test: keep what is good
  • 22. and avoid every kind of evil.
  • 23. May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being---spirit, soul, and body---free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 24. He who calls you will do it, because he is faithful.
  • 25. Pray also for us, friends.
  • 26. Greet all the believers with the kiss of peace.
  • 27. I urge you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers.
  • 28. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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