1 Thessalonians 5:1-8 (Epistle)
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- But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.
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- For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
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- For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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- But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
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- You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
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- Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
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- For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
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- But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.