The Day of the Lord 1NOW concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I should write to you:
2for yourselves know precisely that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction rusheth upon them, as travail on a woman with child, and they shall in no wise escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness.
6Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night;
8but let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10who died for us, that whether we sleep, or whether we wake, we may live together with him.
11Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye do. Christian Living 12Now we entreat you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
13and to account of them very highly in love for their work?s sake. And live in peace among yourselves. Final Blessings and Instructions 23Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
25Brethren, pray for us.
26Salute all the brethren with an holy kiss.
28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Thomas Haweis 1795 Digital Text Courtesy TheWord.net Bible Software. Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible. |