Quotes from 1 Thessalonians

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

1. 2

   Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

2. 3

   For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3. 4

   For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

4. 5

   Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

5. 6

   Rejoice evermore.

6. 7

   Abstain from all appearance of evil.

7. 8

   Quench not the Spirit.

8. 9

   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.

9. 10

   Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

10. 11

    And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

11. 12

    Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

12. 13

    And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands.