![]() 16 Be joyful always 17 pray continually 18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 14 And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. 12 Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 5 You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. ![]() Bible Gateway 1 Thessalonians 5 :: NIV 1 Thessalonians 5 1 Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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