1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that daylight should surprise you like a thief;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3While they are saying "Peace and safety!" then in a moment destruction falls upon them, like birth-pains on a woman who is with child; and escape there is none.

5for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. We belong neither to the night nor to darkness.

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Cross References

Acts 26:18that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.'

Colossians 1:13It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,

2 Peter 3:10The day of the Lord will come like a thief--it will be a day on which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements be destroyed in the fierce heat, and the earth and all the works of man be utterly burnt 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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