1 Thessalonians 5:3
for when they may say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes [on] them, as the travail [on] her who is with child, and they will not escape;
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
2for you have thoroughly known that the Day of the LORD so comes as a thief in the night,
4but you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day may catch you as a thief;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:19and it has been, in his hearing the words of this oath, that he has blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though I go on in the stubbornness of my heart—in order to sweep away the watered with the thirsty.
Judges 8:11And Gideon goes up the way of those who dwell in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and strikes the camp, and the camp was confident;
Judges 20:41And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the calamity has struck against them—
Job 24:23He gives to him confidence, and he is supported, || And His eyes [are] on their ways.
Psalms 48:6Trembling has seized them there, || Pain, as of a travailing woman.
Proverbs 29:1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, || Is suddenly broken, and there is no 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 →