I Thesalonians Chapter 5

5:1 There is no need to write you, brothers, about the times and occasions when these things will happen.
5:2 For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.
5:3 When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.
5:4 But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief.
5:5 All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
5:6 So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober.
5:7 It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk.
5:8 But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet.
5:9 God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:10 who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.
5:11 And so encourage one another and help one another, just as you are now doing.
5:12 We beg you, our brothers, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who guide and instruct you in the Christian life.
5:13 Treat them with the greatest respect and love because of the work they do. Be at peace among yourselves.
5:14 We urge you, our brothers, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
5:15 See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.
5:16 Be joyful always,
5:17 pray at all times,
5:18 be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.
5:19 Do not restrain the Holy Spirit;
5:20 do not despise inspired messages.
5:21 Put all things to the test: keep what is good
5:22 and avoid every kind of evil.
5:23 May the God who gives us peace make you holy in every way and keep your whole being--spirit, soul, and body--free from every fault at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:24 He who calls you will do it, because he is faithful.
5:25 Pray also for us, brothers.
5:26 Greet all the believers with a brotherly kiss.
5:27 I urge you by the authority of the Lord to read this letter to all the believers.
5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.