No One Knows That Day and Hour

³⁶ “But concerning that day and hour ^(A)no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, ^(B)nor the Son,^{[a] (C)}but the Father only. ^37 (D)For as were the days of Noah, ^(E)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ^38 (F)For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(G)marrying and giving in marriage, until ^(H)the day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, ^(I)so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. ^41 (J)Two women will be grinding ^(K)at the mill; one will be taken and one left. ⁴² Therefore, ^(L)stay awake, for you do not know on what day ^(M)your Lord is coming. ^43 (N)But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night ^(O)the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you also must be ^(P)ready, for ^(Q)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

⁴⁵ “Who then is ^(R)the faithful and ^(S)wise servant,^[b] whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? ^46 (T)Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

¹⁸ For Christ also ^(A)suffered^{[a] (B)}once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, ^(C)that he might bring us to God, being put to death ^(D)in the flesh but made alive ^(E)in the spirit, ¹⁹ in which^[b] he went and ^(F)proclaimed^[c] to the spirits in prison, ²⁰ because^[d] they formerly did not obey, ^(G)when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, ^(H)while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, ^(I)eight persons, were brought safely through water. ²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to this, ^(J)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but ^(K)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, ^(L)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² who has gone into heaven and ^(M)is at the right hand of God, ^(N)with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

⁷ By faith ^(A)Noah, being warned by God concerning ^(B)events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of ^(C)the righteousness that comes by faith.