1 Thessalonians 5

1 Thessalonians 5:1

• Now,
• Brothers and

• sisters,
• brothers,
• brothers and

• you
• we
• sisters, we

• do

• not
• n’t

• need to
• need anyone to

• write to
• write

• you about
• you about the

• times and dates.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

• for you
• For you

• yourselves

• know
• know full

• very well that the
• well that the
• quite well that the

• Day of the
• day of the

• Lord will
• Lord
• Lord is

• come like a
• will come like a
• comes like a

• thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

• When people
• When they
• While people
• For when they
• While they

• say, “
• say “
• are saying, “
• are saying, “There

• Peace and
• is peace and

• security,”
• safety,”
• safety!”

• then
• destruction

• sudden
• will

• destruction

• comes upon
• comes on

• them, like
• them, as
• them as

• labor
• birth

• pains on a
• pains come on a
• pains of a
• pains come upon a
• pains upon a

• pregnant
• woman

• woman; and
• woman, and
• woman. And

• they

• will
• wo

• not
• n’t

• escape.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

• But you,

• brothers,
• brethren,
• brothers and sisters,
• friends,

• are

• not in
• not in the
• n’t in

• darkness, that the
• dark. That

• day

• should
• wo

• surprise
• overtake
• catch

• you like a
• you as a

• thief;
• thief,
• thief.
• thief:
• thief would.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

• for you
• For you
• You
• All of you
• For you all

• are all
• are
• are ‘

• sons of
• children of
• children of the
• sons of the

• light and
• light, and
• light’ and ‘
• light.
• light,
• light. You are

• sons of the
• children of the
• You belong to the
• sons of

• day:
• day.
• day;
• day.’
• day!

• we
• We

• do
• are

• not belong to the
• not of the
• n’t belong to the
• not of

• night, nor of
• night nor of
• night, or to
• night or to
• night, or
• night or
• night or to the
• night
• night or of

• darkness.
• darkness;
• darkness,
• dark.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

• So then
• So then,
• so then
• So,
• So
• Therefore
• Therefore,

• let
• then,

• us
• we
• let
• ’s

• not
• ’s not
• should not
• must not

• sleep as
• sleep, as
• be like
• sleep as the
• sleep, as the
• fall asleep as

• others
• rest

• do, but let

• us
• ’s

• be
• stay
• watch and
• keep awake and
• keep

• awake and
• be
• alert and
• awake and be
• awake and stay

• sober,
• sober.
• sober;
• self-controlled.
• have self-control.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

• for those who sleep
• For those who sleep,
• For those who sleep
• Those who sleep,
• Those who sleep
• People who sleep
• People who sleep,

• sleep at
• sleep in the

• night, and those who
• night and those who
• night. Those who

• get
• are

• drunk,
• drunk

• get
• are

• drunk at

• night.
• night,
• night;

1 Thessalonians 5:8

• but since we
• But since we
• But, since we
• but we
• But we
• Since we
• But let us who
• But let us, who

• belong to the
• are of the

• day,

• we
• let

• must
• should
• us

• be
• stay

• sober,
• sober by
• sober, by

• putting on the
• having put on the

• breastplate of faith and

• love and as a
• love, and as a
• love as a
• love, and for a
• love, and, for a

• helmet the
• helmet, the
• breastplate, and the
• breastplate and the
• helmet of the

• hope of
• hope for

• salvation;
• salvation,
• salvation.
• salvation as a helmet.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

• For God
• God
• because God

• did
• has

• not
• n’t

• appoint
• destined
• choose
• destine

• us to
• us for

• wrath, but to
• wrath, but for
• wrath but for
• suffer his anger, but to
• suffer his anger but to

• obtain
• possess
• win
• obtaining of
• gaining
• have
• obtaining

• salvation, through
• salvation through

• our Lord

• Jesus
• Jesus the

• Christ,
• Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

• who died for
• He died for
• Jesus died for
• Christ died for

• us, so that whether
• us so that whether
• us so that, whether
• us so that
• us, that whether
• us, that, whether

• we
• we,

• are awake or
• wake or
• awake or

• asleep
• asleep,
• sleep,
• sleep

• we

• will
• may
• might
• can

• live together with
• live with

• him.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

• Therefore
• Therefore,
• So

• encourage one another and
• exhort one another, and

• build each
• build up each

• other,
• other

• up, just as you

• are
• are already
• also are

• doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:12

• We
• Now we
• Brothers and sisters, we
• But we
• Now brothers and sisters, we
• Now, brothers and sisters, we
• And we

• ask
• beg
• beseech
• appeal to

• you,

• brothers, to
• brethren, to
• brothers and sisters, to

• respect those who
• acknowledge those who

• labor among
• work among
• work hard among

• you and
• you, and
• you,
• you, who

• are over
• care for
• leading
• lead

• you in the

• Lord and
• Lord, and
• Lord and who

• admonish
• instruct

• you.
• you,
• you;

1 Thessalonians 5:13

• and to esteem
• Show
• Hold

• them
• them.
• them the
• them in the

• highly in
• highest

• love, because of
• love because of
• love for

• their

• work.
• work;

• Be at
• be at
• Live in
• Live at

• peace among
• peace with each

• yourselves;
• yourselves.
• other.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

• We
• and we
• And we
• Brothers and sisters, we
• Now we

• urge
• exhort
• ask

• you
• you,

• brothers,
• brothers:
• brethren,
• brothers and sisters,
• brothers, to

• admonish the
• warn those who are

• disorderly.
• disorderly,
• idle,
• unruly,
• undisciplined,

• encourage the
• comfort the
• Comfort the

• faint-hearted,
• fainthearted,
• discouraged,
• discouraged.
• timid,

• Help the
• help the
• support the

• weak,
• weak;
• weak.
• weak and
• weak, and

• be
• Be

• patient toward all.
• patient with all.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

• See that no
• Be sure that no
• Make sure that

• one
• nobody

• pays

• back
• back one

• evil for
• wrong for

• evil; but
• evil, but
• wrong, but
• wrong. But
• evil to anyone, but

• always try to

• do
• do what is
• be

• good for each
• kind to each
• good to each

• other and to
• other and for all

• people.
• everyone else.

1 Thessalonians 5:16

• Rejoice
• Always
• always
• Be

• always!
• always.
• always;
• always,
• be joyful;
• be joyful
• be joyful.
• joyful always,
• joyful always;

1 Thessalonians 5:17

• Pray
• pray
• pray without
• Pray without
• never
• Never

• ceasing.
• ceasing,
• ceasing;
• stop praying.
• stop praying;
• continually,
• continually;
• continually.
• constantly.
• constantly;
• constantly,

1 Thessalonians 5:18

• Give
• give
• be
• Be

• thanks in all
• thanks in
• thanks whatever
• thankful in all

• circumstances, for this
• circumstances; for this
• everything, for this

• is
• is what
• is the

• God’s
• God
• will of

• will for
• wants
• God for

• you in ChristJesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:19

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1 Thessalonians 5:20

• do not despise
• Do not despise
• Do not treat
• do not treat
• Don’t treat
• Don’t despise
• Do not scoff at
• do not scoff at

• prophecies,
• prophecies.
• prophetic utterances,
• prophetic utterances.
• prophecies with contempt
• prophecies with contempt.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

• but test
• But test
• test
• Test
• But examine all
• but examine all
• but examine
• But examine
• Test all

• everything,
• everything;
• everything
• everything.
• things.
• things;

• Hold on to what
• hold fast what
• hold fast to what
• Keep what

• is

• good
• good;
• good.
• good,

1 Thessalonians 5:22

• abstain from every
• Abstain from every
• Stay away from every
• And stay away from
• and stay away from
• Avoid every

• form of
• kind of
• everything that is

• evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

• Now, may the
• Now may the
• May the

• God of peace

• himself
• Himself

• sanctify
• make

• you

• completely, and
• completely. And
• entirely; and

• may your

• spirit,
• spirit and

• soul and
• soul, and

• body—
• body,
• body

• be kept sound and

• blameless at the
• blameless for the

• coming of our Lord

• Jesus
• Jesus the

• Christ.
• Christ comes.

1 Thessalonians 5:24

• The one who calls
• The One who calls
• He who calls
• The one who chose

• you is

• faithful and
• faithful, and
• faithful, who
• faithful.
• faithful;
• trustworthy, and

• He
• he
• also

• will
• will also
• will surely

• do this.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

• Brothers and
• Brothers,
• Brethren,
• Friends,
• Pray

• pray for
• sisters, pray for
• also for
• please pray for

• us;
• us.
• us too.
• us also.

1 Thessalonians 5:26

• Greet all the
• Give all the
• Greet all

• brothers with a
• brothers and sisters with a
• brethren with a
• believers with a

• holy
• sacred

• kiss;
• kiss.

1 Thessalonians 5:27

• I

• adjure
• charge
• tell
• solemnly command

• you by the Lord that this

• letter
• epistle

• be

• read to all the
• read to the

• brothers.
• brothers and sisters.
• brethren.
• believers.
• holy brethren;
• holy brethren.

1 Thessalonians 5:28

• The grace of
• May the grace of

• our

• Lord Jesus
• Lord Jesus,

• Christ

• be with
• be with all of

• you.
• you!
• you. Amen.