²For you yourselves are fully aware that ^ythe day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^zsudden destruction will come upon them ^aas labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ⁴But you ^bare not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. ⁵For you are all ^cchildren² of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. ⁶So then ^dlet us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^ekeep awake and ^fbe sober. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^gare drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^hhaving put on the breastplate of ⁱfaith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹For God has not destined us for ^jwrath, but ^kto obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰^lwho died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Final Instructions and Benediction

¹²We ask you, brothers, ^mto respect those who labor among you and ⁿare over you in the Lord and admonish you, ¹³and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. ^oBe at peace among yourselves. ¹⁴And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^pthe idle,³ ^qencourage the fainthearted, ^rhelp the weak, ^sbe patient with them all. ¹⁵See that ^tno one repays anyone evil for evil, but always ^useek to do good to one another and to everyone. ¹⁶^vRejoice always, ¹⁷^wpray without ceasing, ¹⁸^xgive thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. ¹⁹^yDo not quench the Spirit. ²⁰Do not despise ^zprophecies, ²¹but ^atest everything; hold fast what is good. ²²Abstain from every form of evil.

²³Now may ^bthe God of peace himself ^csanctify you completely, and may your ^dwhole ^espirit and soul and body be kept blameless at ^fthe coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴^gHe who calls you is faithful; ^hhe will surely do it.

²⁵ⁱBrothers, pray for us.

²⁶^jGreet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

²⁷I put you under oath before the Lord to have ^kthis letter read to all the brothers.

²⁸^lThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Read in Logos

1 Thessalonians 5:11: Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Footnotes

2Or sons; twice in this verse
3Or disorderly, or undisciplined

Cross references

y[2 Thess. 2:2]; See Matt. 24:43; Luke 17:24
z Luke 21:34; [Ps. 35:8; Luke 17:26–30; 2 Thess. 1:9]
aSee Isa. 13:8
b 1 John 2:8
cSee Luke 16:8
d[Mark 13:36]; See Rom. 13:11–13
eSee Matt. 24:42
fSee 1 Pet. 1:13
g[Acts 2:15; 2 Pet. 2:13]
h Isa. 59:17; Eph. 6:14, 17
i[Eph. 6:23]
jSee ch. 1:10
k 2 Thess. 2:13, 14; [Heb. 10:39]
l Rom. 14:9; [2 Tim. 2:11]
m 1 Cor. 16:18; Phil. 2:29
n 1 Cor. 16:16; Heb. 13:17
oSee Mark 9:50
p 2 Thess. 3:6, 7, 11
q Isa. 35:4; [Heb. 12:12]
r Acts 20:35; See Rom. 15:1
sSee 1 Cor. 13:4
t 1 Pet. 3:9; See Rom. 12:17
u[Rom. 12:9]; See Gal. 6:10
v Phil. 4:4
wSee Luke 18:1
xSee Eph. 5:20
y[1 Cor. 14:30; Eph. 4:30; 1 Tim. 4:14; 2 Tim. 1:6]
zSee 1 Cor. 11:4
a 1 John 4:1; [Job 34:4]; See Eph. 5:10
bSee Rom. 15:33
c Ex. 31:13; John 17:17
d 2 Pet. 3:14; Jude 1
e Luke 1:46, 47; Heb. 4:12; [1 Cor. 14:14]
fSee ch. 2:19
gSee 1 Cor. 1:9
h[Phil. 1:6]
i 2 Thess. 3:1; Heb. 13:18
jSee Rom. 16:16
k Col. 4:16
lSee Rom. 16:20