1 Thessalonians.
5.
hE bhrAtaraH, kAlAn samayAMzcAdhi yuSmAn prati mama likhanaM niSprayOjanaM, 
yatO rAtrau yAdRk taskarastAdRk prabhO rdinam upasthAsyatIti yUyaM svayamEva samyag jAnItha| 
zAnti rnirvvinghatvanjca vidyata iti yadA mAnavA vadiSyanti tadA prasavavEdanA yadvad garbbhinIm upatiSThati tadvad akasmAd vinAzastAn upasthAsyati tairuddhArO na lapsyatE| 
kintu hE bhrAtaraH, yUyam andhakArENAvRtA na bhavatha tasmAt taddinaM taskara iva yuSmAn na prApsyati| 
sarvvE yUyaM dIptEH santAnA divAyAzca santAnA bhavatha vayaM nizAvaMzAstimiravaMzA vA na bhavAmaH| 
atO 'parE yathA nidrAgatAH santi tadvad asmAbhi rna bhavitavyaM kintu jAgaritavyaM sacEtanaizca bhavitavyaM| 
yE nidrAnti tE nizAyAmEva nidrAnti tE ca mattA bhavanti tE rajanyAmEva mattA bhavanti| 
kintu vayaM divasasya vaMzA bhavAmaH; atO 'smAbhi rvakSasi pratyayaprEmarUpaM kavacaM zirasi ca paritrANAzArUpaM zirastraM paridhAya sacEtanai rbhavitavyaM| 
yata IzvarO'smAn krOdhE na niyujyAsmAkaM prabhunA yIzukhrISTEna paritrANasyAdhikArE niyuुktavAn, 
jAgratO nidrAgatA vA vayaM yat tEna prabhunA saha jIvAmastadarthaM sO'smAkaM kRtE prANAn tyaktavAn| 
ataEva yUyaM yadvat kurutha tadvat parasparaM sAntvayata susthirIkurudhvanjca| 
hE bhrAtaraH, yuSmAkaM madhyE yE janAH parizramaM kurvvanti prabhO rnAmnA yuSmAn adhitiSThantyupadizanti ca tAn yUyaM sammanyadhvaM| 
svakarmmahEtunA ca prEmnA tAn atIvAdRyadhvamiti mama prArthanA, yUyaM parasparaM nirvvirOdhA bhavata| 
hE bhrAtaraH, yuSmAn vinayAmahE yUyam avihitAcAriNO lOkAn bhartsayadhvaM, kSudramanasaH sAntvayata, durbbalAn upakuruta, sarvvAn prati sahiSNavO bhavata ca| 
aparaM kamapi pratyaniSTasya phalam aniSTaM kEnApi yanna kriyEta tadarthaM sAvadhAnA bhavata, kintu parasparaM sarvvAn mAnavAMzca prati nityaM hitAcAriNO bhavata| 
sarvvadAnandata| 
nirantaraM prArthanAM kurudhvaM| 
sarvvaviSayE kRtajnjatAM svIkurudhvaM yata EtadEva khrISTayIzunA yuSmAn prati prakAzitam IzvarAbhimataM| 
pavitram AtmAnaM na nirvvApayata| 
IzvarIyAdEzaM nAvajAnIta| 
sarvvANi parIkSya yad bhadraM tadEva dhArayata| 
yat kimapi pAparUpaM bhavati tasmAd dUraM tiSThata| 
zAntidAyaka IzvaraH svayaM yuSmAn sampUrNatvEna pavitrAn karOtu, aparam asmatprabhO ryIzukhrISTasyAgamanaM yAvad yuSmAkam AtmAnaH prANAH zarIrANi ca nikhilAni nirddOSatvEna rakSyantAM| 
yO yuSmAn Ahvayati sa vizvasanIyO'taH sa tat sAdhayiSyati| 
hE bhrAtaraH, asmAkaM kRtE prArthanAM kurudhvaM| 
pavitracumbanEna sarvvAn bhrAtRn prati satkurudhvaM| 
patramidaM sarvvESAM pavitrANAM bhrAtRNAM zrutigOcarE yuSmAbhiH paThyatAmiti prabhO rnAmnA yuSmAn zapayAmi| 
asmAkaM prabhO ryIzukhrISTasyAnugratE yuSmAsu bhUyAt| AmEn|