Nowas to the timesand the epochs,brethren,you havenoneedof anything to be writtento you.
As He was sittingon the Mountof Olives,the disciplescameto Him privately,saying, "Tellus, whenwill these thingshappen,and what[will be] the signof Your coming,and of the endof the age?"
"But of that dayand hourno oneknows,not eventhe angelsof heaven,northe Son,but the Fatheralone.
He saidto them, "It is not for you to knowtimesorepochswhichthe Fatherhas fixedby His ownauthority;
For it is superfluousfor me to writeto you aboutthisministryto the saints;
Thereforecomfortone anotherwith thesewords.
Nowas to the love of the brethren,you havenoneedfor [anyone] to writeto you, for you yourselvesare taught by Godto loveone another;
Beloved,while I was makingeveryeffortto writeyou aboutour commonsalvation,I feltthe necessityto writeto you appealingthat you contend earnestlyfor the faithwhich was once for allhanded downto the saints.
