1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you:

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

³For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.

⁴But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.

⁵For all you are the children of light and children of the day: we are not of the night nor of darkness.

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

⁷For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.

⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

⁹For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁰Who died for us: that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.

¹¹For which cause comfort one another and edify one another, as you also do.