1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

The Day of the Lord

¹Now as to the ^atimes and the epochs, brethren, you ^bhave no need of anything to be written to you.

²For you yourselves know full well that ^athe day of the Lord ¹will come ^bjust like a thief in the night.

³While they are saying, “^aPeace and safety!” then ^1bdestruction ²will come upon them suddenly like ^clabor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

⁴But you, brethren, are not in ^adarkness, that the day would overtake you ^1blike a thief;

⁵for you are all ^asons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of ^bdarkness;

⁶so then let us not ^asleep as ^1bothers do, but let us be alert and ^2csober.

⁷For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get ^adrunk at night.

⁸But since ^awe are of the day, let us ^bbe ¹sober, having put on the ^cbreastplate of ^dfaith and love, and as a ^ehelmet, the ^fhope of salvation.

⁹For God has not destined us for ^awrath, but for ^bobtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

^10awho died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

¹¹Therefore ¹encourage one another and ^abuild up one another, just as you also are doing.