| 1 | But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. | Mt 24:3 Mt 24:36 Mk 13:30-32 Ac 1:7 |
| 2 | For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. | Jer 23:20 |
| 3 | For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape. | Dt 29:19 Jg 18:27 Jg 18:28 Ps 10:11-13 Isa 21:4 Isa 56:12 Dn 5:3-6 Nah 1:10 Mt 24:37-39 Lk 17:26-30 Lk 21:34 Lk 21:35 |
| 4 | But you, brothers, aren`t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. | Ro 13:11-13 Col 1:13 1Pe 2:9 1Pe 2:10 1Jn 2:8 |
| 5 | You are all sons of light, and sons of the day. We don`t belong to the night, nor to darkness, | Lk 16:8 Jn 12:36 Ac 26:18 Eph 5:8 |
| 6 | so then let`s not sleep, as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober. | Pr 19:15 Isa 56:10 Jon 1:6 Mt 13:25 Mt 25:5 Mk 14:37 Lk 22:46 Ro 13:11-14 1Co 15:34 Eph 5:14 |
| 7 | For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken are drunken in the night. | Jb 4:13 Jb 33:15 Lk 21:34 Lk 21:35 Ro 13:13 1Co 15:34 Eph 5:14 |
| 8 | But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation. | 1Th 5:5 Ro 13:13 Eph 5:8 Eph 5:9 1Pe 2:9 1Jn 1:7 |
| 9 | For God didn`t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, | 1Th 1:10 1Th 3:3 Ex 9:16 Pr 16:4 Ezk 38:10-17 Mt 26:24 Ac 1:20 Ac 1:25 Ac 13:48 Ro 9:11-23 2Ti 2:19 2Ti 2:20 1Pe 2:8 2Pe 2:3 Jud 1:4 |
| 10 | who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. | Mt 20:28 Jn 10:11 Jn 10:15 Jn 10:17 Jn 15:13 Ro 5:6-8 Ro 8:34 Ro 14:8 Ro 14:9 1Co 15:3 2Co 5:15 2Co 5:21 Eph 5:2 1Ti 2:6 Tit 2:14 1Pe 2:24 1Pe 3:18 |
| 11 | Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do. | 1Th 4:18 |
| 12 | But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, | 1Co 16:18 Php 2:19 Heb 13:7 Heb 13:17 |
| 13 | and to respect and honor them in love for their work`s sake. Be at peace among yourselves. | Mt 10:40 1Co 4:1 1Co 4:2 1Co 9:7-11 Ga 4:14 Ga 6:6 |
| 14 | We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all. | Ro 12:1 |
| 15 | See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, towards one another, and towards all. | Gn 45:24 1Co 16:10 Eph 5:15 Eph 5:33 1Pe 1:22 Rev 19:10 Rev 22:9 |
| 16 | Rejoice always. | 2Co 6:10 Php 4:4 Mt 5:12 Lk 10:20 Ro 12:12 |
| 17 | Pray without ceasing. | Lk 18:1 Lk 21:36 Ro 12:12 Eph 6:18 Col 4:2 1Pe 4:7 |
| 18 | In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. | Eph 5:20 Php 4:6 Col 3:17 Jb 1:21 Ps 34:1 Heb 13:15 |
| 19 | Don`t quench the Spirit. | So 8:7 Eph 4:30 Eph 6:16 |
| 20 | Don`t despise prophesies. | 1Th 4:8 Nm 11:25-29 1Sa 10:5 1Sa 10:6 1Sa 10:10-13 1Sa 19:20-24 Ac 19:6 1Co 11:4 1Co 12:10 1Co 12:28 1Co 13:2 1Co 13:9 1Co 14:1 1Co 14:3-6 1Co 14:22-25 1Co 14:29-32 1Co 14:37-39 Eph 4:11 Eph 4:12 Rev 11:3-11 |
| 21 | Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. | Isa 8:20 Mt 7:15-20 Mk 7:14-16 Lk 12:57 Ac 17:11 Ro 12:2 1Co 2:11 1Co 2:14 1Co 2:15 1Co 14:28 Eph 5:10 Php 1:10 1Jn 4:1 Rev 2:2 |
| 22 | Abstain from every form of evil. | 1Th 4:12 Ex 23:7 Isa 33:15 Mt 17:26 Mt 17:27 Ro 12:17 1Co 8:13 1Co 10:31-33 2Co 6:3 2Co 8:20 2Co 8:21 Php 4:8 Jud 1:23 |
| 23 | May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. | Ro 15:5 Ro 15:13 Ro 15:33 Ro 16:20 1Co 14:33 2Co 5:19 Php 4:9 2Th 3:16 Heb 13:20 1Pe 5:10 |
| 24 | Faithful is he who calls you, who will also do it. | Dt 7:9 Ps 36:5 Ps 40:10 Ps 86:15 Ps 89:2 Ps 92:2 Ps 100:5 Ps 138:2 Ps 146:6 Isa 25:1 Lam 3:23 Mic 7:20 Jn 1:17 Jn 3:33 1Co 1:9 1Co 10:13 2Th 3:3 2Ti 2:13 Tit 1:2 Heb 6:17 Heb 6:18 |
| 25 | Brothers, pray for us. | Ro 15:30 2Co 1:11 Eph 6:18-20 Php 1:19 Col 4:3 2Th 3:1-3 Phm 1:22 Heb 13:18 Heb 13:19 |
| 26 | Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. | Ro 16:16 1Co 16:20 |
| 27 | I solemnly charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. | 1Th 2:11 Nm 27:23 1Ki 22:16 2Ch 18:15 Mt 26:63 Mk 5:7 Ac 19:13 1Ti 1:3 1Ti 1:18 1Ti 5:7 1Ti 5:21 1Ti 6:13 1Ti 6:17 2Ti 4:1 |
| 28 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. | Ro 1:7 Ro 16:20 Ro 16:24 2Th 3:18 |
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