| International Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1Now you do not need to have anything written to you about times and dates, brothers, | 1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. |
| 2for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. | 2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. |
| 3When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape. | 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. |
| 4However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief. | 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. |
| 5For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness. | 5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. |
| 6Therefore, let's not fall asleep like others do, but let's stay awake and be sober. | 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. |
| 7For people who go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night. | 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. |
| 8But since we belong to the day, let's be sober. We must put on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. | 8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. |
| 9For God has not destined us to receive wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, | 9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 10who died for us in order that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. | 10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. |
| 11So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing. | 11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. |
| 12Brothers, we ask you to show your appreciation for those who work among you, set an example for you in the Lord, and instruct you. | 12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; |
| 13Hold them in the highest regard, loving them because of their work. Live in peace with each other. | 13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. |
| 14We urge you, brothers, to admonish those who are idle, cheer up those who are discouraged, and help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. | 14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. |
| 15Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Instead, always pursue what is good for each other and for everyone else. | 15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. |
| 16Always be joyful. | 16Rejoice evermore. |
| 17Continually be prayerful. | 17Pray without ceasing. |
| 18In everything be thankful, because this is God's will for you in the Messiah Jesus. | 18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. |
| 19Do not put out the Spirit's fire. | 19Quench not the Spirit. |
| 20Do not despise prophecies. | 20Despise not prophesyings. |
| 21Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good. | 21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. |
| 22Keep away from every kind of evil. | 22Abstain from all appearance of evil. |
| 23May the God of peace himself make you holy in every way. And may your whole being—spirit, soul, and body—remain blameless when our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, appears. | 23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 24The one who calls you is faithful, and he will continue to be faithful. | 24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. |
| 25Brothers, pray for us. | 25Brethren, pray for us. |
| 26Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. | 26Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. |
| 27I order you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. | 27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. |
| 28May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with you! Amen. | 28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. |
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