1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that "the Day" should come upon you like a bandit.

Montgomery 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

3While men are saying "Peace and safety," then, like birth-pangs upon a woman with child, destruction will come upon them suddenly. In no wise will they escape.

5For you are all sons of light, and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness.

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Cross References

Acts 26:18"‘so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order to receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Colossians 1:13For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son,

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.

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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