1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. ²For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. ³When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape. ⁴But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: ⁵for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; ⁶so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. ⁸But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. ⁹For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. ¹¹Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.