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

¹ But as to the times and the moments, there is no need, Brothers, for any one to write to you. ² You yourselves know well that the Day of the Lord will come just as a thief comes in the night. ³ When people are saying 'All is quiet and safe,' it is then that, like birth-pains upon a woman with child, Ruin comes suddenly upon them, and there will be no escape! ⁴ You, however, Brothers, are not in darkness, that the daylight should take you by surprise as if you were thieves. ⁵ For you all are 'Sons of Light' and 'Sons of the Day.' We have nothing to do with night, or darkness. ⁶ Therefore let us not sleep as others do. No, let us be watchful and self-controlled. ⁷ It is at night that men sleep, and at night that drunkards get drunk. ⁸ But let us, who belong to the Day, control ourselves, and put on faith and love as a breast plate, and the hope of Salvation as a helmet. ⁹ For God destined us, not for Wrath, but to win Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, ¹⁰ That, whether we are still watching or have fallen asleep, we may live with him. ¹¹ Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.