1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:20The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Luke 12:39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burnt up.
Revelation 16:15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
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 →