1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
New Heart English Bible
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
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
Luke 12:39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be disclosed.
Revelation 16:15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he does not walk naked, and they see 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 →