1 Thessalonians 5:2
For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
1Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord shall not returne vntill he haue executed, and till he haue perfourmed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstande it plainely.
Matthew 25:13Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.
Luke 12:39Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through.
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.
Revelation 16:15(Beholde, I come as a theefe. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, least hee walke naked, and men see his filthines)
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 →