1 Thessalonians 5:3
When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.
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2You yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:19For when someone like that hears the words of this solemn promise, they think they'll still receive a blessing, telling themselves, “I'll be safe, even though I'll go on doing whatever I feel like.” Such an attitude would destroy good and bad alike.
Judges 8:11Gideon took the caravan route to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, catching them offguard.
Judges 20:41they turned on their enemies. The Benjamites were horrified when they saw it and realized they were doomed.
Job 24:23He supports them and gives them security, but he is always watching what they're doing.
Psalms 48:6They shook all over, and were in agonizing pain like a woman giving birth,
Proverbs 29:1Anyone who goes on stubbornly rejecting many warnings will be suddenly destroyed, without hope of healing.
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 →