5. For all of you are sons of light and sons of daytime; we are not of nighttime, nor of darkness.
6. Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.
7. For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are inebriated, are inebriated in the night.
8. But we, who are of the daylight, should be sober, being clothed with the breastplate of faith and of charity and having, as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9. For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10. who died for us, so that, whether we watch, or whether we sleep, we may live in union with him.
11. Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
12. And we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and who preside over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,
13. so that you may consider them with an abundance of charity, for the sake of their work. Be at peace with them.
14. And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.
15. See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone. Instead, always pursue whatever is good, with one another and with all.
16. Rejoice always.
17. Pray without ceasing.
18. Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.
19. Do not choose to extinguish the Spirit.
20. Do not spurn prophecies.