5:1  
    [kjv]  But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
    [bbe]  But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.
5:2
    [kjv]  For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
    [bbe]  For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
5:3
    [kjv]  For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
    [bbe]  When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
5:4  
    [kjv]  But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
    [bbe]  But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:
5:5
    [kjv]  Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
    [bbe]  For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
5:6
    [kjv]  Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
    [bbe]  So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
5:7  
    [kjv]  For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
    [bbe]  For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;
5:8
    [kjv]  But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
    [bbe]  But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
5:9  
    [kjv]  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
    [bbe]  For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:10
    [kjv]  Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
    [bbe]  Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
5:11 
    [kjv]  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
    [bbe]  So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
5:12
    [kjv]  And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
    [bbe]  But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order ............