1 Thessalonians 5:4
But you, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day as a thief should overtake you.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Aloha, and receive the forgiveness of sins, and a lot with the saints through faith, which (is) in me.
Colossians 1:13and hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of his beloved Son,
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord cometh as a thief: that (day) in which the heavens suddenly shall pass away, but the elements burning be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it be found not.
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 →