1Th 5:4-11 | ESV | STEP | But you are not in darkness , brothers , for that day to surprise you like a thief .

1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

4 But you ^aare not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all ^bchildren ^{▼▼Or sons; twice in this verse} of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then ^dlet us not sleep, as others do, but let us ^ekeep awake and ^fbe sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, ^gare drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, ^hhaving put on the breastplate of ⁱfaith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for ^jwrath, but ^kto obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 ^lwho died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.