1 Brothers and sisters, we don't have 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 People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.
4 Brothers and sisters, you are not in darkness. So that day should not surprise you as a thief would.
5 All of you are children of the light. You are children of the day. We don't belong to the night. We don't belong to the darkness.
6 So let us not be like the others. They are asleep. Instead, let us be wide awake and in full control of ourselves.
7 Those who sleep, sleep at night. Those who get drunk, get drunk at night.