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For if we beleeue that Iesus died, and rose againe: euen so them also which sleepe in Iesus, will God bring with him.

For this we say vnto you by the word of the Lord, That we which are aliue and remaine vnto the comming of the Lord, shall not preuent them which are asleepe.

For the Lord himselfe shall descend from heauen with a shout, with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpe of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

For your selues knowe perfectly that the day of the Lord so commeth as a thiefe in the night.

For when they shal say, Peace and safety: then sudden destructio commeth vpon them, as trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape.

For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night.

But let vs who are of the day, bee sober, putting on the brestplate of faith and loue, and for an helmet, the hope of saluation.

For God hath not appointed vs to wrath: but to obtaine saluation by our Lord Iesus Christ,

Who died for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we should liue together with him.

And to esteeme them very highly in loue for their workes sake, and be at peace among your selues.

See that none render euill for euill vnto any man: but euer follow that which is good, both among your selues and to all men.

In euery thing giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus concerning you.

Brethren, pray for vs.

Wee are bound to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charitie of euery one of you al towards each other aboundeth:

So that wee our selues glorie in you in the Churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that yee endure.

Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that yee may bee counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for which yee also suffer;

Wherefore also we pray alwayes for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodnesse, and the worke of faith with power:

Let no man deceiue you by any meanes, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sinne bee reuealed, the sonne of perdition,

For the mysterie of iniquitie doth alreadie worke: onely he who now letteth, will let, vntill he be taken out of the way.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue a lye: