Young's Literal Translation

1 Thessalonians 5

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¹And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

²for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

³for 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;

⁴and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

⁵all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

⁶so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

⁷for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,

⁸and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation,

⁹because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁰who did die for us, that whether we wake -- whether we sleep -- together with him we may live;

¹¹wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

¹²And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,

¹³and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;

¹⁴and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

¹⁵see 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;

¹⁶always rejoice ye;

¹⁷continually pray ye;

¹⁸in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

¹⁹The Spirit quench not;

²⁰prophesyings despise not;

²¹all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

²²from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

²³and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;

²⁴stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do `it'.

²⁵Brethren, pray for us;

²⁶salute all the brethren in an holy kiss;

²⁷I charge you `by' the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;

²⁸the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ `is' with you! Amen.

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