1 Thessalonians 5:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
  • Deut 19:6 : 6 For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not moved by hate.
  • Deut 28:15 : 15 But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to do all his orders and his laws which I give you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
  • Deut 28:45 : 45 And all these curses will come after you and overtake you, till your destruction is complete; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, or keep his laws and his orders which he gave you:
  • Jer 42:16 : 16 Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.
  • Hos 10:9 : 9 O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah.
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • Rom 13:11-13 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light, 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven. 10 In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

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  • 1 Thess 5:5-9
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    5For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

    6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

    7For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

    8But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

    9For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • 1 Thess 5:1-3
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    1But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

    2For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

    3When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

    7Have no part with such men;

    8For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

  • 1 Thess 4:12-13
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    12That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

    13But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

  • Mark 13:35-36
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    35So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

    36For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

  • Rom 13:11-12
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    11See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

    12The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

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    15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

  • 2 Thess 2:1-3
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    1Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

    2That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

    3Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

  • Eph 5:14-17
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    14For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

    15Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

    16Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

    17For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

  • Luke 11:35
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    35So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

    40So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

    43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

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    16In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

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    14In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.

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    20Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

  • Eph 5:11
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    11And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

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    35Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

    6And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

  • Matt 5:14
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    14You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill may be seen by all.

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

  • 2 Pet 3:10
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    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 1 Cor 14:20
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    20My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

  • John 1:5
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    5And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

  • 1 Thess 4:18
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    18So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

  • 2 Pet 3:14
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    14For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.