1 Thessalonians 5

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible · 1899 · New Testament · 5 chapters

Reading 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible, public-domain text from 1899.

Verses 1–10

1 But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you:

2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.

4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.

5 For all you are the children of light and children of the day: we are not of the night nor of darkness.

6 Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do: but let us watch, and be sober.

7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who died for us: that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.

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