^{1 Ref} But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

^{2 Ref} For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

^{3 Ref} For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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

^{5 Ref} Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

^{6 Ref} Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

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

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

^{9 Ref} For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

^{11 Ref} Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.