{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-thessalonians/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:24:35.606Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Thessalonians","bookSlug":"1-thessalonians","chapter":5,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Rejoice always;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"pray without ceasing;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Quench not the Spirit;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"despise not prophesyings;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"prove all things; hold fast that which is good;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"abstain from every form of evil."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Brethren, pray for us."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Thessalonians 5 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Thessalonians 5](https://primebible.com/asv/1-thessalonians/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-thessalonians/5 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}