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1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 GNB (1) There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen. (2) For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night. (3) When people [those not listening to Christ] say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape. (4) But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief. (5) All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. (6) So then, we should not be sleeping like the others; we should be awake and sober. (7) It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk. (8) But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet. (9) God did not choose us to suffer his anger, but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 CEV (1) I don't need to write you about the time or date when all this will happen. (2) You surely know that the Lord's return will be as a thief coming at night. (3) People [those not listening to Christ] will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape. (4) My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief. (5) You belong to the light and live in the day. We don't live in the night or belong to the dark. (6) Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert. (7) People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk. (8) But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet. (9) God doesn't intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 GW (1) Brothers and sisters, you don't need anyone to write to you about times and dates. (2) You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. (3) When people [those not listening to Christ] say, "Everything is safe and sound!" destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won't be able to escape. (4) But, brothers and sisters, you don't live in the dark. That day won't take you by surprise as a thief would. (5) You belong to the day and the light not to the night and the dark. (6) Therefore, we must not fall asleep like other people, but we must stay awake and be sober. (7) People who sleep, sleep at night; people who get drunk, get drunk at night. (8) Since we belong to the day, we must be sober. We must put on faith and love as a breastplate and the hope of salvation as a helmet. (9) It was not God's intention that we experience his anger but that we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-9 ESV (1) Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. (2) For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. (3) While people [those not listening to Christ] are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. (4) But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. (5) For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. (6) So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. (7) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. (8) But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. (9) For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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