1 Thessalonians 5:4
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
In Context
5For all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness.
Cross References
Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may obtain forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.
Colossians 1:13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will be dissolved with burning heat, and the earth and the works therein will be burned up.
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 →