51But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.+2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.+3When 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.+4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:+5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;+6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.+7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.+8But 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.+9For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,+10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.+11Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.+
Christian Living
12But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;+13and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.+14And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.+15See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.+16Rejoice always;+17pray without ceasing;+18in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.+19Quench not the Spirit;+20despise not prophesyings;+21prove all things; hold fast that which is good;+22abstain from every form of evil.+
Final Blessings and Instructions
23And 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.+24Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.+25Brethren, pray for us.+26Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.+27I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.+28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.+
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