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1 Thessalonians - ch 5 v 1 - 20
- And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,
- for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,
- for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape;
- and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;
- all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
- so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
- for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
- and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,
- because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- who did die for us, that whether we wake -- whether we sleep -- together with him we may live;
- wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.
- And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
- and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;
- and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;
- see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;
- always rejoice ye;
- continually pray ye;
- in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
- The Spirit quench not;
- prophesyings despise not;
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