2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of יהוה comes as a thief in the night.
3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then suddenly destruction comes upon them, as labour pains upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape.
4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
6 So, then, we should not sleep, as others do, but we should watch and be sober.
7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
8 But we who are of the day should be sober, putting on the breastplate of belief and love, and as a helmet the expectation of deliverance.