^{4 Ref} But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

^{5 Ref} For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

^{6 Ref} So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

^{7 Ref} For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

^{8 Ref} But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

^{9 Ref} For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

^{10 Ref} Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

^{4 Ref} But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

^{5 Ref} for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

^{6 Ref} so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

^{7 Ref} For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.

^{8 Ref} But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

^{9 Ref} For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

^{10 Ref} who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

^{4 Ref} But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

^{5 Ref} You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,

^{6 Ref} so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.

^{7 Ref} For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.

^{8 Ref} 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.

^{9 Ref} For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

^{10 Ref} who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.