1 Thessalonians 5:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lorde shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.

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  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 ( Beholde, I come as a theefe. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, least hee walke naked, and men see his filthines)
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, & hold fast & repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vpo thee.
  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come. 43 Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.
  • Luke 12:39-40 : 39 Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through. 40 Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.
  • Mark 13:34-35 : 34 For the Sonne of man is as a man going into a strange countrey, & leaueth his house, & giueth authoritie to his seruaunts, and to euery man his woorke, and commandeth the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)
  • Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of the Lorde shall not returne vntill he haue executed, and till he haue perfourmed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstande it plainely.

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    3For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape,

    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shal come on you, as it were a thiefe.

    5Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.

    6Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

  • 1 Thess 5:1
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    1Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-11
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    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thiefe in the night, in the which the heauens shall passe away with a noyse, and the elements shall melt with heate, and the earth with the workes that are therein, shalbe burnt vp.

    11Seeing therefore that all these thinges must be dissolued, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse,

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42Watch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come.

    43Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.

    44Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through.

    40Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

  • Mark 13:35-36
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    35Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)

    36Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

  • Mark 13:32-33
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    32But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels which are in heauen, neither the Sonne himselfe, but the Father.

    33Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15( Beholde, I come as a theefe. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, least hee walke naked, and men see his filthines)

  • 2 Thess 2:1-3
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    1Nowe we beseech you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our assembling vnto him,

    2That ye be not suddenly mooued from your minde, nor troubled neither by spirit, nor by worde, nor by letter, as it were from vs, as though the day of Christ were at hand.

    3Let no man deceiue you by any meanes: for that day shall not come, except there come a departing first, and that that man of sinne be disclosed, euen the sonne of perdition,

  • Luke 21:34-35
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    34Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.

    35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

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    15For this say we vnto you by the worde of the Lorde, that we which liue, and are remayning in the comming of the Lorde, shall not preuent them which sleepe.

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    8Dearely beloued, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lorde, as a thousande yeeres, and a thousande yeeres as one day.

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    50That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

  • Matt 24:39
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    39And knewe nothing, till the flood came, and tooke them all away, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.

  • Job 24:16-17
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    16They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.

    17But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death: if one knowe them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death.

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    8Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth nere.

  • Rom 13:11-12
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    11And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise fro sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer, then when we beleeued it.

    12The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light,

  • Rev 3:3
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    3Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, & hold fast & repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vpo thee.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29So in like maner, when ye see these things come to passe, knowe that the kingdom of God is neere, euen at the doores.

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    37But as the dayes of Noe were, so likewise shall the coming of the Sonne of man be.

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    1Beholde, the day of the Lorde commeth, and thy spoyle shall be deuided in the middes of thee.

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    30After these ensamples shall it be in the day when the Sonne of man is reueiled.

    31At that day hee that is vpon the house, and his stuffe in ye house, let him not come downe to take it out: and he that is in the fielde likewise, let him not turne backe to that he left behinde.

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    15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of obscuritie and darkenesse, a day of cloudes and blackenesse,

  • Eph 5:16-17
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    16Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.

    17Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.

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    14Wherefore, beloued, seeing that yee looke for such thinges, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blamelesse.

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    18Woe vnto you, that desire the day of the Lord: what haue you to do with it? the day of the Lord is darkenes and not light.

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    46The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

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    20Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

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    33So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.

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    19We haue also a most sure worde of the Prophets, to the which ye doe well that yee take heede, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntill the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your hearts.

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    5Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I tolde you these things?