The Day of the Lord

5:1 Now on the topic of times and seasons,1 brothers and sisters,2 you have no need for anything to be written to you. 5:2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord3 will come in the same way as a thief in the night.4 5:3 Now when5 they are saying, “There is peace and security,”6 then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains7 on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape. 5:4 But you, brothers and sisters,8 are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. 5:5 For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. 5:6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 5:7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 5:8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate9 of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.10 5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath11 but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 5:10 He died12 for us so that whether we are alert or asleep13 we will come to life together with him. 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.