But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you. For
yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in
the night. 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. But
ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a
thief. Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of
the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be
sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night. 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. For
God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord
Jesus Christ
(1Thessalonians 5:1-9). |