| 1. | Concerning times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you. |
| 2. | For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. |
| 3. | When people are saying, "Peace and security," then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman,and they will not escape. |
| 4. | But you, brothers, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. |
| 5. | For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. |
| 6. | Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. |
| 7. | Those who sleep go to sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. |
| 8. | But since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for salvation. |
| 9. | For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 10. | who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him. |
| 11. | Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. |
| 12. | We ask you, brothers, to respect those who are laboring among you and who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you, |
| 13. | and to show esteem for them with special love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. |
| 14. | We urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, cheer the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all. |
| 15. | See that no one returns evil for evil; rather, always seek what is good (both) for each other and for all. |
| 16. | Rejoice always. |
| 17. | Pray without ceasing. |
| 18. | In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. |
| 19. | Do not quench the Spirit. |
| 20. | Do not despise prophetic utterances. |
| 21. | Test everything; retain what is good. |
| 22. | Refrain from every kind of evil. |
| 23. | May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 24. | The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it. |
| 25. | Brothers, pray for us (too). |
| 26. | Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. |
| 27. | I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers. |
| 28. | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. |
