The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians

Chapter 5

American Standard Version

1 Th 5:1	But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
1 Th 5:2	For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Th 5:3	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.
1 Th 5:4	But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:
1 Th 5:5	for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
1 Th 5:6	so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
1 Th 5:7	For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Th 5:8	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.
1 Th 5:9	For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Th 5:10	who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1 Th 5:11	Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
1 Th 5:12	But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Th 5:13	and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Th 5:14	And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
1 Th 5:15	See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.
1 Th 5:16	Rejoice always;
1 Th 5:17	pray without ceasing;
1 Th 5:18	in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
1 Th 5:19	Quench not the Spirit;
1 Th 5:20	despise not prophesyings;
1 Th 5:21	prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
1 Th 5:22	abstain from every form of evil.
1 Th 5:23	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.
1 Th 5:24	Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.
1 Th 5:25	Brethren, pray for us.
1 Th 5:26	Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
1 Th 5:27	I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.
1 Th 5:28	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.