Chapter 5

  But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.  

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

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  When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.  

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  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:  

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  for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;  

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  so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.  

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  For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.  

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  But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.  

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  For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,  

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  who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.  

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  Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.  

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  But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;  

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  and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.  

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  And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.  

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  See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.  

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  Rejoice always;  

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  pray without ceasing;  

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  in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.  

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  Quench not the Spirit;  

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  despise not prophesyings;  

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  prove all things; hold fast that which is good;  

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  abstain from every form of evil.  

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  And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  

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  Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.  

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  Brethren, pray for us.  

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  Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.  

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  I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.  

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  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  

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