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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1ButconcerningΠερὶPeriG4012thetimesG2540andtheseasonsκαιρῶν,kairōnG2540,brethren, yehavenoneedχρείανchreianG5532thataughtbewrittenG1125untoyou.

2ForyourselvesknowperfectlythatthedayἡμέραhēmeraG2250oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962soG3779comethasathiefκλέπτηςkleptēsG2812inthenightνυκτὶnuktiG3571.

3WhenὅτανhotanG3752theyaresayingλέγωσιν·legōsinG3004,PeaceεἰρήνηeirēnēG1515andsafety,thensuddendestructionὄλεθροςolethrosG3639cometh uponthem,astravail uponawomanwithchild;andtheyshallinnowiseescapeἐκφύγωσιν.¶ekphugōsinG1628.

4Butye,brethren,areG1510notindarknessσκότει,skoteiG4655,thatthatdayἡμέραhēmeraG2250shouldovertakeyouasathiefκλέπτηςkleptēsG2812:

5foryeareG1510allsonsυἱοὶhuioiG5207oflightφωτόςphōtosG5457,andsonsυἱοὶhuioiG5207ofthedayἡμέρας·hēmerasG2250:weareG1510notofthenightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571,norofdarknessσκότους.¶skotousG4655;

6sothenletusnotsleepκαθεύδωμενkatheudōmenG2518,asdotherestG3062,butletuswatchγρηγορῶμενgrēgorōmenG1127andbesoberνήφωμεν.nēphōmenG3525.

7FortheythatsleepκαθεύδοντεςkatheudontesG2518sleepκαθεύδουσινkatheudousinG2518inthenightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571;andtheythataredrunkenaredrunkeninthenightνυκτὸςnuktosG3571.

8Butletus,sinceweareG1510ofthedayἡμέραςhēmerasG2250,beG1510soberνήφωμενnēphōmenG3525, puttingonthebreastplateθώρακαthōrakaG2382offaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102andloveἀγάπηςagapēsG26;andforahelmetπερικεφαλαίανperikephalaianG4030,thehopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680ofsalvationσωτηρίας·sōtēriasG4991.

9ForGodθεὸςtheosG2316appointedG5087usnotuntowrathὀργὴνorgēnG3709,butuntotheobtainingπεριποίησινperipoiēsinG4047ofsalvationσωτηρίαςsōtēriasG4991throughourLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424ChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547,

10whodiedG599forus,that,whetherwewakeorsleepκαθεύδωμενkatheudōmenG2518,weshouldliveζήσωμεν.¶zēsōmenG2198togetherἅμαhamaG260withhim.

11WhereforeexhortG3870oneG1520another,andbuildοἰκοδομεῖτεoikodomeiteG3618eachotherG240up,evenG2532asalsoG2532yedo.

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