1But concerning the times and seasons, my brethren, ye need not that I write to you: 2for ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night. 3While they will be saying, Peace and quietness, then suddenly destruction will burst upon them, as distress upon a child-bearer, and they will not escape. 4But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; and are not children of the night, and children of darkness. 6Let us not therefore sleep, like others; but let us be vigilant and considerate. 7For they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night. 8But let us who are children of the day, be wakeful in mind, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and take the helmet of the hope of life. 9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the acquisition of life, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah: 10who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him. 11Therefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye have done. 12And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye recognize them who labor among you, and who stand before your faces in our Lord, and instruct you : 13that they may be esteemed by you with abundant love; and, on account of their work, live ye in harmony with them. 14And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye admonish the faulty, and encourage the faint-hearted, and bear the burdens of the weak, and be long suffering towards all men. 15And beware, lest any of you return evil for evil, but always follow good deeds, towards one another, and towards all men. 16And be joyful always. 17And pray without ceasing. 18And in every thing be thankful: For this is the pleasure of God in Jesus the Messiah, concerning you. 19Quench not the Spirit. 20Despise not prophesying. 21Explore every thing, and hold fast the good: 22and fly from every thing evil. 23And may the God of peace sanctify you all, perfectly, and keep blameless your whole spirit, and your soul, and your body, till the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. 24Faithful is he that hath called you, who will do it. 25My brethren, pray for us. 26Salute all our brethren with a holy kiss. 27I conjure you by our Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren. 28The grace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with you. Amen.