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[1] But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you
[2] For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght
[3] For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape
[4] But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe
[5] Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse
[6] Therefore let vs not sleepe, as [do] other: but let vs watche and be sober
[7] For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght
[8] But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation
[9] For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe
[10] Whiche dyed for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we shoulde lyue together with hym
[11] Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do
[12] And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you
[13] That ye haue them in hye reputation, in loue for their worke, and be at peace among your selues
[14] We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men
[15] See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men
[16] Reioyce euer
[17] Pray continually
[18] In all thinges geue thankes. For this [is] the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you
[19] Quenche not the spirite
[20] Despise not prophesiynges
[21] Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good
[22] Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll
[23] And the very God of peace santifie you throughout [And I pray God] that your whole spirite, and soule, and body, may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe
[24] Faythfull is he whiche called you, whiche wyll also do it
[25] Brethren, pray for vs
[26] Greete all the brethren in an holy kysse
[27] I charge you in the Lorde, that this epistle be read vnto al the holy brethren
[28] The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you. Amen
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