1 Thessalonians 5:1–9 · BSB
5:1
Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
5:2
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
5:4
But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.
5:5
For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
5:6
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
5:7
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
5:9
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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