¹ Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.

² For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.

³ For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape,

⁴ But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shall come on you, as it were a thiefe.

⁵ Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.

⁶ Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.

⁷ For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

⁸ But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.

⁹ For God hath not appointed vs vnto wrath, but to obtaine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ,

¹⁰ Which died for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we should liue together with him.

¹¹ Wherefore exhort one another, and edifie one another, euen as ye doe.

¹² Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lord, and admonish you,

¹³ That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.

¹⁴ We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are out of order: comfort ye feeble minded: beare with the weake: be pacient toward all men.

¹⁵ See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer follow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

¹⁶ Reioyce euermore.

¹⁷ Pray continually.

¹⁸ In all thinges giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus toward you.

¹⁹ Quench not the Spirit.

²⁰ Despise not prophecying.

²¹ Try all things, and keepe that which is good.

²² Absteine from all appearance of euill.

²³ Nowe the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout: and I pray God that your whole spirite and soule and body, may be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.

²⁴ Faithfull is hee which calleth you, which will also doe it.

²⁵ Brethren, pray for vs.

²⁶ Greete all the brethren with an holy kisse.

²⁷ I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read vnto all the brethren the Saintes.

²⁸ The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you, Amen. The first Epistle vnto the Thessalonians written from Athens.