{"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/web/1-thessalonians/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T09:44:11.963Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For when they are saying, |Peace and safety,| then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But let us, since we belong to 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 didn't appoint us to wrath, but to 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":"Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and to respect and honor them in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for 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 toward you."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Don't quench the Spirit."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Don't despise prophesies."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Abstain from every form of evil."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Brothers, pray for us."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Thessalonians 5 (WEB)","markdown":"[1 Thessalonians 5](https://primebible.com/web/1-thessalonians/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/1-thessalonians/5 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}