1 Thessalonians 5:2
for ye youre selves knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lorde shall come even as a thefe in the nyght.
Tyndale New Testament
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
1Of the tymes and seasons brethren ye have no nede that I write vnto you:
Cross References
Matthew 25:13Watche therefore: for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come.
Luke 12:39This vnderstonde that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre ye these wolde come he wolde suerly watche: and not suffer his housse to be broken vp.
2 Peter 3:10Neverthelesse the daye of the lorde will come as a thefe in the nyght in the which daye the hevens shall perisshe with terrible noyes and the elemetes shall melt with heet and the erth with the workes that are therin shall burne.
Revelation 16:15Beholde I come as a thefe. Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes Lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes.
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 →