1 Thessalonians 5:4
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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, to convert them from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance with those who are sanctified by faith which is in me.
Colossians 1:13who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all the works upon it 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 →