1 Thessalonians 5:4
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
In Context
5for ye all are sons of light, and sons of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Cross References
Hosea 10:9More than in the days of Gibeah hast thou sinned, O Israel! There they stood; The battle in Gibeah against the sons of iniquity did not overtake them.
Acts 26:18to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.
Colossians 1:13who rescued us from the empire of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son;
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are 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 →