1 Thessalonians 5:2
You yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.
Montgomery New Testament
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
1Now as to the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
Cross References
Matthew 25:13"Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Luke 12:39"However, you know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; and on that Day the heavens will vanish with a crash, the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and all its works will be burned up.
Revelation 16:15Lo, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the who is on the watch and guarding his clothing, so that he may not walk naked, and they gaze on his shame.
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 →