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title: "1 Thessalonians 5 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate"
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description: "The day of the Lord shall come when least expected. Exhortations to… 1 Thessalonians 5 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# 1 Thessalonians 5

1 Thessalonians 5 is chapter 5 of 5 in the First Letter to the Thessalonians. Here are all 28 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The day of the Lord shall come when least expected. Exhortations to several duties.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 1 Thessalonians 5 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. But concerning dates and times, brothers, you do not need us to write to you.
2. For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.
3. For when they will say, “Peace and security!” then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.
4. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that you would be overtaken by that day as by a thief.
5. For all of you are sons of light and sons of daytime; we are not of nighttime, nor of darkness.
6. Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.
7. For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are inebriated, are inebriated in the night.
8. But we, who are of the daylight, should be sober, being clothed with the breastplate of faith and of charity and having, as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9. For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10. who died for us, so that, whether we watch, or whether we sleep, we may live in union with him.
11. Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
12. And we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and who preside over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,
13. so that you may consider them with an abundance of charity, for the sake of their work. Be at peace with them.
14. And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.
15. See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone. Instead, always pursue whatever is good, with one another and with all.
16. Rejoice always.
17. Pray without ceasing.
18. Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.
19. Do not choose to extinguish the Spirit.
20. Do not spurn prophecies.
21. But test all things. Hold on to whatever is good.
22. Abstain from every kind of evil.
23. And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24. He who has called you is faithful. He shall act even now.
25. Brothers, pray for us.
26. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
27. I bind you, through the Lord, that this epistle is to be read to all the holy brothers.
28. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

## 1 Thessalonians 5 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. De temporibus autem, et momentis, fratres, non indigetis ut scribamus vobis.
2. Ipsi enim diligenter scitis quia dies Domini, sicut fur in nocte, ita veniet:
3. cum enim dixerint: Pax et securitas: tunc repentinus eis superveniet interitus, sicut dolor in utero habenti, et non effugient.
4. Vos autem, fratres, non estis in tenebris, ut vos dies illa tamquam fur comprehendat:
5. omnes enim vos filii lucis estis, et filii diei: non sumus noctis, neque tenebrarum.
6. Igitur non dormiamus sicut et ceteri, sed vigilemus, et sobrii simus.
7. Qui enim dormiunt, nocte dormiunt: et qui ebrii sunt, nocte ebrii sunt.
8. Nos autem, qui diei sumus, sobrii simus, induti loricam fidei et caritatis, et galeam spem salutis:
9. quoniam non posuit nos Deus in iram, sed in acquisitionem salutis per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum,
10. qui mortuus est pro nobis: ut sive vigilemus, sive dormiamus, simul cum illo vivamus.
11. Propter quod consolamini invicem, et ædificate alterutrum, sicut et facitis.
12. Rogamus autem vos, fratres, ut noveritis eos qui laborant inter vos, et præsunt vobis in Domino, et monent vos,
13. ut habeatis illos abundantius in caritate propter opus illorum: pacem habete cum eis.
14. Rogamus autem vos, fratres, corripite inquietos, consolamini pusillanimes, suscipite infirmos, patientes estote ad omnes.
15. Videte ne quis malum pro malo alicui reddat: sed semper quod bonum est sectamini in invicem, et in omnes.
16. Semper gaudete.
17. Sine intermissione orate.
18. In omnibus gratias agite: hæc est enim voluntas Dei in Christo Jesu in omnibus vobis.
19. Spiritum nolite extinguere.
20. Prophetias nolite spernere.
21. Omnia autem probate: quod bonum est tenete.
22. Ab omni specie mala abstinete vos.
23. Ipse autem Deus pacis sanctificet vos per omnia: ut integer spiritus vester, et anima, et corpus sine querela in adventu Domini nostri Jesu Christi servetur.
24. Fidelis est, qui vocavit vos: qui etiam faciet.
25. Fratres, orate pro nobis.
26. Salutate fratres omnes in osculo sancto.
27. Adjuro vos per Dominum ut legatur epistola hæc omnibus sanctis fratribus.
28. Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi vobiscum. Amen.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 675: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1216: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2849: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1820: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 801: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1269: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1174: When is the Liturgy Celebrated? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2633: Prayer of Petition ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2742: Perservering in Love ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2638: Prayer of Thanksgiving ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 696: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2636: Prayer of Intercession ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy.” — St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul, ch. 11, 1897 (On this theme: verse 17)
- “He who prays is certainly saved; he who does not pray is certainly lost.” — St. Alphonsus Liguori, Prayer, the Great Means of Salvation, I.1, 1759 (On this theme: verse 17)
- “We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives, that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the heart to God as in a constant communication with Him.” — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Letters, c. 1810 (On this theme: verse 17)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 14: That is, such as are irregular and disorderly.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Nov 11, 2026: St. Martin of Tours, Bishop — Alleluia, 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- Sun, Nov 15, 2026: Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
- Sun, Dec 13, 2026: Third Sunday of Advent — Second Reading, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
- Tue, Aug 31, 2027 (computed): Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11

3 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).