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Now concerning 1the times and the seasons, brothers,2you have no need to have anything written to you.
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For you yourselves are fully aware that 3the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then 4sudden destruction will come upon them 5as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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But you 6are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.
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For you are all 7children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
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So then 8let us not sleep, as others do, but let us 9keep awake and 10be sober.
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For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, 11are drunk at night.
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, 12having put on the breastplate of 13faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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For God has not destined us for 14wrath, but 15to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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16who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
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Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.