1 Thessalonians 5:4

But, ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that, the day, upon you, as upon thieves, should lay hold;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

In Context

3As 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.

5For, all ye, are, sons of light, and sons of day,—we are not of night, nor of darkness:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:6lest the blood redeemer pursue the manslayer because his heart is hot, and overtake him because the way is long, and he smite him so as to take away his life,—he not being worthy of death, seeing that he had not been hating him aforetime.

Deuteronomy 28:45Moreover, all these curses, shall come in upon thee, and pursue thee and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed,—because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he hath commanded thee;

Hosea 10:9Beyond the days of Gibeah, hast thou sinned, O Israel: there, came they to a stand, the battle against the sons of perversity, touched them not in Gibeah.

Acts 26:18To open their eyes; that they turn from darkness unto light, and the authority of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among them who have been made holy by the faith respecting me.

Colossians 1:13Who hath rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

2 Peter 3:10Howbeit the day of the Lord will be here, as a thief,—in which, the heavens, with a rushing noise, will pass away, while, elements, becoming intensely hot, will be dissolved, and, earth, and the works therein, will be discovered.

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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