6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
7For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;
8But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
9For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
11So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
12But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;