52:004:012 That ye may walk honestly toward them that
are without, and
that
ye may have lack of nothing.
52:004:013 But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning
them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which
have no hope.
52:004:014 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them
also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
52:004:015 For this we say unto you by the word of
the Lord, that we
which
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not
prevent them which are asleep.
52:004:016 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout,
with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:
and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
52:004:017 Then we which are alive and remain shall
be caught up together
with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so
shall
we ever be with the Lord.
52:004:018 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
52:005:001 But of the times and the seasons, brethren,
ye have no need
that
I write unto you.
52:005:002 For yourselves know perfectly that the
day of the Lord so
cometh
as a thief in the night.
52:005:003 For 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.
52:005:004 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness,
that that day should
overtake
you as a thief.
52:005:005 Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day:
we
are not of the night, nor of darkness.
52:005:006 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch and
be
sober.
52:005:007 For they that sleep sleep in the night;
and they that be
drunken
are drunken in the night.
52:005:008 But 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.
52:005:009 For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
but to obtain
salvation
by our Lord Jesus Christ,
52:005:010 Who died for us, that, whether we wake
or sleep, we should
live
together with him.
52:005:011 Wherefore comfort yourselves together,
and edify one another,
even
as also ye do.
52:005:012 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them
which labour among
you,
and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
52:005:013 And to esteem them very highly in love
for their work’s sake.
And
be at peace among yourselves.
52:005:014 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them
that are unruly,
comfort
the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward
all
men.


