1 Thessalonians 5:2
for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,
Young's Literal Translation
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
1And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:20The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.
Matthew 25:13'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
Luke 12:39'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;
2 Peter 3:10and it will come — the day of the Lord — as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
Revelation 16:15'lo, I do come as a thief; happy [is] he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' —
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 →