1 Thessalonians 5:3

for when-supposing peace and un-fail-ia/stability/security/assuredness may-be-saying/reckoning, then sudden/unexpected destruction is-being-stood-upon to{same}, even-as the travail/anguish[e.g. childbirth] to{the having} in to{belly}, and no, they-may_not_flee-out/escape.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2for same[plural] precisely you-have-beheld that the day of{[the] Lord} is-being-come the-same-ly as [a] thief in to{night},

4Moreover, you, brothers, are_not_being in to{darkness} in-which-place the day would-take-according-to you as [a] thief,

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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 →

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