and charged you, that ye should walk worthy of God, who hath called you to his kingdom and glory.

For when we were with you, we told you before that we should be afflicted, as it came to pass, and ye know.

For this cause being able to wait no longer, I sent to know the state of your faith, least the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification: that ye should abstain from fornication,

and that every one of you should possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

And when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should seize you as a thief: