1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
English Standard Version
2 For you yourselves are fully aware that (A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (B)sudden destruction will come upon them (C)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you (D)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all (E)children[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then (F)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (G)keep awake and (H)be sober.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
New International Version
2 for you know very well that the day of the Lord(A) will come like a thief in the night.(B) 3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(C) destruction will come on them suddenly,(D) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(E)
4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness(F) so that this day should surprise you like a thief.(G) 5 You are all children of the light(H) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(I) but let us be awake(J) and sober.(K)
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