1 Thessalonians 5:4
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may overtake you like a thief:
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
In Context
5for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;
Cross References
Acts 26:18to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Colossians 1:13who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements being scorched up will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be burnt up.
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 →