3 People 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 armour. 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.