Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 5:1 | But of the times and the seasons, brethren, yee haue no need that I write vnto you. |
| 5:2 | For your selues knowe perfectly that the day of the Lord so commeth as a thiefe in the night. |
| 5:3 | 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. |
| 5:4 | But ye, brethren, are not in darkenesse, that that day should ouertake you as a thiefe. |
| 5:5 | Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkenesse. |
| 5:6 | Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober. |
| 5:7 | For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night. |
| 5:8 | 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. |
| 5:9 | For God hath not appointed vs to wrath: but to obtaine saluation by our Lord Iesus Christ, |
| 5:10 | Who died for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we should liue together with him. |
| 5:11 | Wherefore, comfort your selues together, and edifie one another, euen as also ye doe. |
| 5:12 | And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lord, and admonish you: |
| 5:13 | And to esteeme them very highly in loue for their workes sake, and be at peace among your selues. |
| 5:14 | Now we exhort you, brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble minded, support the weake, be patient toward all men. |
| 5:15 | 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. |
| 5:16 | Reioyce euermore: |
| 5:17 | Pray without ceasing: |
| 5:18 | In euery thing giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus concerning you. |
| 5:19 | Quench not the spirit: |
| 5:20 | Despise not prophecyings: |
| 5:21 | Proue all things: hold fast that which is good. |
| 5:22 | Abstaine from all appearance of euill. |
| 5:23 | And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit, and soule, and body be preserued blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ. |
| 5:24 | Faithfull is hee that calleth you, who also will doe it. |
| 5:25 | Brethren, pray for vs. |
| 5:26 | Greete all the brethren with an holy kisse. |
| 5:27 | I charge you by the Lord, that this Epistle bee read vnto all the holy brethren. |
| 5:28 | The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you, Amen.The first Epistle vnto the Thessalonians, was written from Athens. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.