3. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should take you as a thief.
5. Ye are all the sons of light, and the sons of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7. For those that sleep in the night, and those that are drunken are drunken in the night.
8. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet, the hope of saving health.
9. For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain saving health by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10. who died for us, that whether we watch or sleep, we should live together with him.
11. Therefore comfort and edify one another, even as ye do.
12. And we beseech you, brethren, to recognize those who labour among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you
13. and that you express greater charity unto them for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
14. We also exhort you, brethren, that you warn those that are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with everyone.