1 Thessalonians 5:3
As soon as they begin to say—Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction,—just as the birth-throe unto her that is with child,—and in nowise shall they escape.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4But, ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that, the day, upon you, as upon thieves, should lay hold;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:19and so it come to pass while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart—saying, Prosperity, shall I have, although in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on,—so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst:
Judges 8:11So Gideon went up by the way of the tent-dwellers, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host, when, the host, had become secure.
Judges 20:41And, when, the men of Israel, turned, then were the men of Benjamin dismayed,—for they saw that disaster had overtaken them.
Job 24:23It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon their ways.
Psalms 48:6Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
Proverbs 29:1He that being often reproved stiffeneth his neck, suddenly shall be hurt, and there be no healing.
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 →