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| [1]But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you |
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| [2]For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght |
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| [3]For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape |
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| [4]But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe |
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| [5]Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse |
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| [6]Therefore let vs not sleepe, as [do] other: but let vs watche and be sober |
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| [7]For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght |
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| [8]But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation |
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| [9]For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe |
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| [10]Whiche dyed for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we shoulde lyue together with hym |
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| [11]Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do |
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| [12]And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you |
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| [13]That ye haue them in hye reputation, in loue for their worke, and be at peace among your selues |
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| [14]We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men |
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| [15]See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men |
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| [16]Reioyce euer |
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| [17]Pray continually |
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| [18]In all thinges geue thankes. For this [is] the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you |
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| [19]Quenche not the spirite |
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| [20]Despise not prophesiynges |
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| [21]Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good |
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| [22]Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll |
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| [23]And the very God of peace santifie you throughout [And I pray God] that your whole spirite, and soule, and body, may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe |
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| [24]Faythfull is he whiche called you, whiche wyll also do it |
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| [25]Brethren, pray for vs |
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| [26]Greete all the brethren in an holy kysse |
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| [27]I charge you in the Lorde, that this epistle be read vnto al the holy brethren |
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| [28]The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you. Amen |
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