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1 Thessalonians 5

The Message Bible MSG

1 I don't think, friends, that I need to deal with the question of when all this is going to happen.

2 You know as well as I that the day of the Master's coming can't be posted on our calendars. He won't call ahead and make an appointment any more than a burglar would.

3 About the time everybody's walking around complacently, congratulating each other - "We've sure got it made! Now we can take it easy!" - suddenly everything will fall apart. It's going to come as suddenly and inescapably as birth pangs to a pregnant woman.

4 But friends, you're not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this?

5 You're sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand.

6 So let's not sleepwalk through life like those others. Let's keep our eyes open and be smart.

7 People sleep at night and get drunk at night.

8 But not us! Since we're creatures of Day, let's act like it. Walk out into the daylight sober, dressed up in faith, love, and the hope of salvation.

9 God didn't set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ.

10 He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we're awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we're alive with him!

11 So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you'll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you're already doing this; just keep on doing it.

12 And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience.

13 Overwhelm them with appreciation and love!

14 Our counsel is that you warn the freeloaders to get a move on. Gently encourage the stragglers, and reach out for the exhausted, pulling them to their feet. Be patient with each person, attentive to individual needs.

15 And be careful that when you get on each other's nerves you don't snap at each other. Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out.

16 Be cheerful no matter what;

17 pray all the time;

18 thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.

19 Don't suppress the Spirit,

20 and don't stifle those who have a word from the Master.

21 On the other hand, don't be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what's good.

22 Throw out anything tainted with evil.

23 May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together - spirit, soul, and body - and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ.

24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!

25 Friends, keep up your prayers for us.

26 Greet all the Christians there with a holy embrace.

27 And make sure this letter gets read to all the brothers and sisters. Don't leave anyone out.

28 The amazing grace of Jesus Christ be with you!

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 de temporibus autem et momentis fratres non indigetis ut scribamus vobis

2 ipsi enim diligenter scitis quia dies Domini sicut fur in nocte ita veniet

3 cum enim dixerint pax et securitas tunc repentinus eis superveniet interitus sicut dolor in utero habenti et non effugient

4 vos autem fratres non estis in tenebris ut vos dies ille tamquam fur conprehendat

5 omnes enim vos filii lucis estis et filii diei non sumus noctis neque tenebrarum

6 igitur non dormiamus sicut ceteri sed vigilemus et sobrii simus

7 qui enim dormiunt nocte dormiunt et qui ebrii sunt nocte ebrii sunt

8 nos autem qui diei sumus sobrii simus induti loricam fidei et caritatis et galeam spem salutis

9 quoniam non posuit nos Deus in iram sed in adquisitionem salutis per Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum

10 qui mortuus est pro nobis ut sive vigilemus sive dormiamus simul cum illo vivamus

11 propter quod consolamini invicem et aedificate alterutrum sicut et facitis

12 rogamus autem vos fratres ut noveritis eos qui laborant inter vos et praesunt vobis in Domino et monent vos

13 ut habeatis illos abundantius in caritate propter opus illorum pacem habete cum eis

14 rogamus autem vos fratres corripite inquietos consolamini pusillianimes suscipite infirmos patientes estote ad omnes

15 videte ne quis malum pro malo alicui reddat sed semper quod bonum est sectamini et in invicem et in omnes

16 semper gaudete

17 sine intermissione orate

18 in omnibus gratias agite haec enim voluntas Dei est in Christo Iesu in omnibus vobis

19 Spiritum nolite extinguere

20 prophetias nolite spernere

21 omnia autem probate quod bonum est tenete

22 ab omni specie mala abstinete vos

23 ipse autem Deus pacis sanctificet vos per omnia et integer spiritus vester et anima et corpus sine querella in adventu Domini nostri Iesu Christi servetur

24 fidelis est qui vocavit vos qui etiam faciet

25 fratres orate pro nobis

26 salutate fratres omnes in osculo sancto

27 adiuro vos per Dominum ut legatur epistula omnibus sanctis fratribus

28 gratia Domini nostri Iesu Christi vobiscum amen