1 Thessalonians 5:4
But ye brethren are not in darcknes that that daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 26:18to open their eyes that they myght turne from darcknes vnto lyght and from the power of Satan vnto God that they maye receave forgevenes of synnes and inheritaunce amonge the which are sanctified by fayth in me.
Colossians 1:13Which hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes and hath translated vs in to the kyngdome of his dere sone
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.
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 →