1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 - The Sudden Arrival Of The Day Of The Lord

¹ It is not necessary, my brethren, to specify the exact time: ² for you very well know, that the day of the Lord steals on like a thief in the night. ³ whilst they flatter themselves with peace and safety, destruction shall fall upon them, like the pangs of a woman in travail, and they shall not escape. ⁴ but you, my brethren, are too well inform'd to be surpriz'd by that day, as by a thief. ⁵ you inherit the advantages of meridian light: we are not involv'd in the obscurity of night. ⁶ therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate. ⁷ they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night: ⁸ but let us, who enjoy the light, be temperate; let us be arm'd with the breast-plate of faith and charity, and for an helmet, with the hope of salvation. ⁹ for God did not design to make us the objects of his displeasure, but to effect our felicity by the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, ¹⁰ that whether we happen to be alive or dead, we may be secure of living with him. ¹¹ wherefore comfort and edify one another, as you have hitherto done.