1 Thessalonians 5 (NET)

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:4⁴But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:6⁶So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:7⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:9⁹For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:10¹⁰He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:11¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:13¹³and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:14¹⁴And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:16¹⁶Always rejoice,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:17¹⁷constantly pray,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:18¹⁸in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:19¹⁹Do not extinguish the Spirit.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:20²⁰Do not treat prophecies with contempt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:21²¹But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:22²²Stay away from every form of evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

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 LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:24²⁴He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:25²⁵Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:26²⁶Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:27²⁷I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Thessalonians 5:28²⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions