<vn='1'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5550">times</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2540">seasons</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, ye <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5532">need</s> that I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="846">yourselves</s><sn="1492">know</s><sn="199">perfectly</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="2812">thief</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3571">night</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3752">when</s> they shall <sn="3004">say</s>, <sn="1515">Peace</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="803">safety</s>; <sn="5119">then</s><sn="160">sudden</s><sn="3639">destruction</s> cometh <sn="2186">upon</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="5618">as</s><sn="5604">travail</s> upon a woman with <sn="2192 1722 1064">child</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they shall <sn="3364">not</s><sn="1628">escape</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="5210">ye</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2075">are</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="4655">darkness</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> that <sn="2250">day</s> should <sn="2638">overtake</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="5613">as</s> a <sn="2812">thief</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5210">Ye</s><sn="2075">are</s><sn="3956">all</s> the <sn="5207">children</s> of <sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> the <sn="5207">children</s> of the <sn="2250">day</s>: we <sn="2070">are</s><sn="3756">not</s> of the <sn="3571">night</s>, <sn="3761">nor</s> of <sn="4655">darkness</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="686 3767">Therefore</s> let us <sn="3361">not</s><sn="2518">sleep</s>, <sn="5613">as</s><sn="*2532">do</s><sn="3062">others</s>; <sn="235">but</s> let us <sn="1127">watch</s><sn="2532">and</s> be <sn="3525">sober</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1063">For</s> they that <sn="2518">sleep</s><sn="2518">sleep</s> in the <sn="3571">night</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> they that be <sn="3182">drunken</s> are <sn="3184">drunken</s> in the <sn="3571">night</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">But</s> let <sn="2249">us</s>, who <sn="5607">are</s> of the <sn="2250">day</s>, be <sn="3525">sober</s>, putting <sn="1746">on</s> the <sn="2382">breastplate</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="26">love</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> for a <sn="4030">helmet</s>, the <sn="1680">hope</s> of <sn="4991">salvation</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="3756">not</s><sn="5087">appointed</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3709">wrath</s>, <sn="235">but</s> to <sn="1519 4047">obtain</s><sn="4991">salvation</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, </v>
<vn='10'>Who <sn="599">died</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="2257">us</s>, <sn="2443">that</s>, <sn="1535">whether</s> we <sn="1127">wake</s><sn="1535">or</s><sn="2518">sleep</s>, we should <sn="2198">live</s><sn="260">together</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1352">Wherefore</s><sn="3870">comfort</s> yourselves <sn="240">together</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3618">edify</s> one <sn="1520 1520">another</s>, even <sn="2531">as</s><sn="2532">also</s> ye <sn="4160">do</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">And</s> we <sn="2065">beseech</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, to <sn="1492">know</s> them which <sn="2872">labor</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> are <sn="4291">over</s><sn="5216">you</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3560">admonish</s><sn="5209">you</s>; </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s> to <sn="2233">esteem</s><sn="846">them</s> very <sn="5228 1537 4053">highly</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">love</s> for their work's <sn="1223 846 2041">sake</s>. And be at <sn="1514">peace</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="1438">yourselves</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">Now</s> we <sn="3870">exhort</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="3560">warn</s> them that are <sn="813">unruly</s>, <sn="3888">comfort</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3642">feebleminded</s>, <sn="472">support</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="772">weak</s>, be <sn="3114">patient</s><sn="4314">toward</s><sn="3956">all</s> men. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3708">See</s> that <sn="5100 3361">none</s><sn="591">render</s><sn="2556">evil</s><sn="473">for</s><sn="2556">evil</s> unto <sn="5100">any</s> man; <sn="235">but</s><sn="3842">ever</s><sn="1377">follow</s> that which is <sn="18">good</s>, <sn="2532">both</s><sn="1519">among</s><sn="240">yourselves</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3956">all</s> men. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="4336">Pray</s> without <sn="89">ceasing</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1722">In</s> every <sn="3956">thing</s> give <sn="2168">thanks</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="5124">this</s> is the <sn="2307">will</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="1519">concerning</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1381">Prove</s> all <sn="3956">things</s>; hold <sn="2722">fast</s> that which is <sn="2570">good</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="567">Abstain</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1491">appearance</s> of <sn="4190">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">very</s><sn="2316">God</s> of <sn="1515">peace</s><sn="37">sanctify</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="3651">wholly</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> I pray God <sn="5216">your</s><sn="3648">whole</s><sn="4151">spirit</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5590">soul</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4983">body</s> be <sn="5083">preserved</s><sn="274">blameless</s><sn="1722">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3952">coming</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="4103">Faithful</s> is he that <sn="2564">calleth</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2532">also</s> will <sn="4160">do</s> it. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="782">Greet</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="1722">with</s> a <sn="40">holy</s><sn="5370">kiss</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>I <sn="3726">charge</s><sn="5209">you</s> by <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> that this <sn="1992">epistle</s> be <sn="314">read</s> unto <sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">holy</s><sn="80">brethren</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="5485">grace</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> be <sn="3326">with</s><sn="5216">you</s>. <sn="281">Amen</s>. </v>