But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. Act 1:71Th 4:9Mat 24:36Mat 24:3Mrk 13:30-322Co 9:1Jud 1:3 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. Rev 16:152Pe 3:10Mat 24:42-44Rev 3:3Luk 12:39-40Mat 25:13Mrk 13:34-35Jer 23:20 For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape. Luk 21:34-35Mat 24:37-39Luk 17:26-30Rev 18:7-82Th 1:9Heb 2:3Psa 73:18-202Pe 2:4 But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. 1Jn 2:81Pe 2:9-102Pe 3:10Col 1:13Deu 19:6Deu 28:15Deu 28:45Jer 42:16 You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness, Eph 5:8Act 26:18Jhn 12:36Luk 16:8 so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. 1Pe 1:13Mat 24:42Luk 22:461Pe 5:8Rom 13:11-14Rev 16:151Co 16:13Eph 5:14 For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. Rom 13:131Co 15:342Pe 2:13Act 2:15Dan 5:4-5Eph 5:14Isa 21:4-5Luk 21:34-35 But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. Rom 13:12-131Pe 1:13Eph 6:11Isa 59:17Heb 10:35-361Co 13:13Heb 6:191Th 5:5 For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 1Th 1:101Pe 2:102Ti 2:10Act 13:48Pro 16:41Th 3:3Rom 9:11-231Pe 2:8 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Rom 14:8-91Pe 3:182Co 5:15Eph 5:2Mat 20:281Pe 2:241Th 4:172Co 5:21 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do. Eph 4:29Rom 15:2Heb 10:25Heb 3:131Th 4:18Rom 14:191Co 14:12Eph 4:12
But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, Heb 13:17Heb 13:71Ti 5:17-181Co 16:181Co 16:161Co 15:10Tit 1:31Co 3:9 and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Mrk 9:50Heb 12:141Co 9:7-11Gal 6:6Jas 3:18Jhn 13:34-351Co 4:1-2Eph 4:3
Be at peace among yourselves. We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all. 2Ti 4:2Rom 14:1Act 20:352Th 3:6-7Isa 35:3-41Co 13:4-52Th 3:11-13Gal 6:1-2 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all. 1Pe 3:9Gal 6:10Lev 19:183Jn 1:11Rom 12:17-21Heb 12:141Pe 3:11-131Pe 2:22-23
Always rejoice. Rom 12:12Php 4:4Mat 5:122Co 6:10Luk 10:20 Pray without ceasing. Rom 12:12Col 4:2Eph 6:18Luk 18:1Luk 21:361Pe 4:7 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. Eph 5:20Php 4:6Col 3:17Heb 13:15Job 1:211Pe 4:2Psa 34:11Pe 2:15 Don’t quench the Spirit. Eph 4:30Act 7:512Ti 1:61Ti 4:14Isa 63:10Neh 9:30Psa 51:11Gen 6:3 Don’t despise prophecies. 1Co 14:3-61Co 14:11Co 11:41Co 14:37-39Num 11:25-291Co 14:22-25Act 19:61Co 12:28 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. 1Jn 4:1Rom 12:2Eph 5:10Luk 12:57Act 17:11Php 4:8Rom 12:91Co 2:14-15 Abstain from every form of evil. 2Co 6:3Php 4:82Co 8:20-211Co 10:31-33Rom 12:17Exo 23:71Co 8:131Th 4:12
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. Jud 1:241Co 1:8-9Heb 4:121Th 3:131Pe 5:10Eph 5:26-27Php 1:6Php 1:10
He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. 2Th 3:3Num 23:19Deu 7:91Co 1:91Pe 5:102Ti 2:13Isa 25:1Lam 3:23
Brothers, pray for us. Heb 13:18-19Php 1:192Co 1:11Phm 1:22Col 4:3Eph 6:18-20Rom 15:302Th 3:1-3
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. Rom 16:161Co 16:20 I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. Col 4:162Ti 4:11Ki 22:161Ti 1:31Ti 5:211Ti 5:72Ch 18:15Act 19:13
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Rom 16:202Th 3:18Rom 1:7Rom 16:23