1 Thessalonians 5:2
For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
In Context
1But about the times and the seasons, brothers, ye have no need to be written to you.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:20The anger of LORD shall not return until he has executed, and till he has performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.
Luke 12:39But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
2 Peter 3:10But the day of Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.
Revelation 16:15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked, and they see his shame.)
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
The Coming of Christ. ( a. d. 51.) 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we… Read the whole commentary →