29 lines
2.2 KiB
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29 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 5
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1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
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2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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4 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.
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5 For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
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6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
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7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
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8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
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11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
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12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
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13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
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14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
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15 See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
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16 Rejoice always,
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17 pray without ceasing,
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18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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19 Do not quench the Spirit.
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20 Do not despise prophecies,
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21 but test everything; hold fast what is good.
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22 Abstain from every form of evil.
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23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
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25 Brothers, pray for us.
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26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
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27 I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
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28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. |