1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord is coming like a thief in the night.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
1Now concerning the times and seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:20Yahweh's wrath will not return until it has carried out and brought into being his heart's intentions. 1 In the final days, you will understand it. 1
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.
Luke 12:39But understand this, that if the master of the house had known the hour the thief was coming he would not have let his house be broken into.
2 Peter 3:10However, the day of the Lord will come as a thief: The heavens will pass away with a loud noise. The elements will be burned with fire, and the earth and the deeds in it will be revealed. + 3:10 Some versions read, The elements will be burned with fire, and the earth and the deeds in it will be burned up .
Revelation 16:15(“Look! I am coming as a thief! Blessed is the one who keeps watching, keeping his garments on so that he will not go out naked and they see his shameful condition.”)
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 →