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1 Thessalonians 5:11Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:71 Thess 4:9Matt 24:36Matt 24:3Mark 13:30-322 Cor 9:1Jude 1:3
1 Thessalonians 5:22For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 16:152 Pet 3:10Matt 24:42-44Rev 3:3Luke 12:39-40Matt 25:13Mark 13:34-35Jer 23:201 Cor 1:8
1 Thessalonians 5:33Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 21:34-35Matt 24:37-39Luke 17:26-30Rev 18:7-82 Thess 1:9Heb 2:3Ps 73:18-202 Pet 2:4Dan 5:3-6Jer 4:31
1 Thessalonians 5:44But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:81 Pet 2:9-102 Pet 3:10Col 1:13Deut 19:6Deut 28:15Deut 28:45Jer 42:16Acts 26:18Hos 10:9
1 Thessalonians 5:55For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:8Acts 26:18John 12:36Luke 16:8
1 Thessalonians 5:66So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:13Matt 24:42Luke 22:461 Pet 5:8Rom 13:11-14Rev 16:151 Cor 16:13Eph 5:14Mark 13:34-35Prov 19:15
1 Thessalonians 5:77For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 13:131 Cor 15:342 Pet 2:13Acts 2:15Dan 5:4-5Eph 5:14Isa 21:4-5Luke 21:34-35Prov 23:29-351 Sam 25:36-37
1 Thessalonians 5:88But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 13:12-131 Pet 1:13Eph 6:11Isa 59:17Heb 10:35-361 Cor 13:13Heb 6:191 Thess 5:5Rom 5:2-51 John 1:7
1 Thessalonians 5:99For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 1:101 Pet 2:102 Tim 2:10Acts 13:48Prov 16:41 Thess 3:3Rom 9:11-231 Tim 1:162 Thess 2:13-14Exod 9:16
1 Thessalonians 5:1010He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 14:8-91 Pet 3:182 Cor 5:15Eph 5:2Matt 20:281 Pet 2:241 Thess 4:172 Cor 5:21John 15:13Rom 5:6-8
1 Thessalonians 5:1111Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:29Rom 15:2Heb 10:25Heb 3:131 Thess 4:18Rom 14:191 Cor 14:12Eph 4:12Eph 4:161 Cor 10:23
1 Thessalonians 5:1212Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:17Heb 13:71 Tim 5:17-181 Cor 16:181 Cor 16:161 Cor 15:10Titus 1:31 Cor 3:91 Thess 5:14Acts 20:28
1 Thessalonians 5:1313and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 9:50Heb 12:141 Cor 9:7-11Gal 6:6Jas 3:18John 13:34-351 Cor 4:1-2Eph 4:3Ps 133:1Gal 4:14
1 Thessalonians 5:1414And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 4:2Rom 14:1Acts 20:352 Thess 3:6-7Isa 35:3-41 Cor 13:4-52 Thess 3:11-13Gal 6:1-2Rom 15:1-31 Cor 4:14
1 Thessalonians 5:1515See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:9Gal 6:10Lev 19:183 John 1:11Rom 12:17-21Heb 12:141 Pet 3:11-131 Pet 2:22-231 Cor 6:71 Pet 1:22
1 Thessalonians 5:1616Always rejoice,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:12Phil 4:4Matt 5:122 Cor 6:10Luke 10:20
1 Thessalonians 5:1717constantly pray,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:12Col 4:2Eph 6:18Luke 18:1Luke 21:361 Pet 4:7
1 Thessalonians 5:1818in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:20Phil 4:6Col 3:17Heb 13:15Job 1:211 Pet 4:2Ps 34:11 Pet 2:151 John 2:171 Thess 4:3
1 Thessalonians 5:1919Do not extinguish the Spirit.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:30Acts 7:512 Tim 1:61 Tim 4:14Isa 63:10Neh 9:30Ps 51:11Gen 6:31 Cor 14:30Eph 6:16
1 Thessalonians 5:2020Do not treat prophecies with contempt.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:3-61 Cor 14:11 Cor 11:41 Cor 14:37-39Num 11:25-291 Cor 14:22-25Acts 19:61 Cor 12:281 Cor 14:29-32Eph 4:11-12
1 Thessalonians 5:2121But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 4:1Rom 12:2Eph 5:10Luke 12:57Acts 17:11Phil 4:8Rom 12:91 Cor 2:14-15Rev 3:31 Cor 15:58
1 Thessalonians 5:2222Stay away from every form of evil.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:3Phil 4:82 Cor 8:20-211 Cor 10:31-33Rom 12:17Exod 23:71 Cor 8:131 Thess 4:12Jude 1:23Isa 33:15
1 Thessalonians 5:2323Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jude 1:241 Cor 1:8-9Heb 4:121 Thess 3:131 Pet 5:10Eph 5:26-27Phil 1:6Phil 1:10Phil 2:15-161 Pet 1:2
1 Thessalonians 5:2424He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 3:3Num 23:19Deut 7:91 Cor 1:91 Pet 5:102 Tim 2:13Isa 25:1Lam 3:23John 3:33Ps 138:2
1 Thessalonians 5:2525Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:18-19Phil 1:192 Cor 1:11Phlm 1:22Col 4:3Eph 6:18-20Rom 15:302 Thess 3:1-3
1 Thessalonians 5:2626Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 16:161 Cor 16:20
1 Thessalonians 5:2727I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 4:161 Kgs 22:161 Tim 1:31 Tim 5:211 Tim 5:72 Chr 18:152 Tim 4:1Acts 19:13Mark 5:7Matt 26:63
1 Thessalonians 5:2828The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 16:202 Thess 3:18Rom 1:7Rom 16:23
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