1 Thessalonians 5:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Againe, a new comandement I write vnto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkenes is past, & that true light now shineth.
  • 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.
  • Deut 19:6 : 6 Least the auenger of the blood followe after the manslaier, while his heart is chafed, and ouertake him, because the way is long, and slaie him, although he be not worthy of death, because he hated him not in time passed.
  • Deut 28:15 : 15 But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe & to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shal come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.
  • Deut 28:45 : 45 Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee and ouertake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to keepe his commaundements, and his ordinances, which he commanded thee:
  • Jer 42:16 : 16 Then the sworde that ye feared, shall take you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, for the which ye care, shall there hang vpon you in Egypt, and there shall ye die.
  • Hos 10:9 : 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the daies of Gibeah: there they stoode: the battell in Gibeah against the children of iniquitie did not touch them.
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But did not my wordes and my statutes, which I commanded by my seruants ye Prophets, take holde of your fathers? and they returned, and sayd, As the Lord of hostes hath determined to doe vnto vs, according to our owne wayes, and according to our workes, so hath hee dealt with vs.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, that they may turne from darknes to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receiue forgiuenes of sinnes, and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by fayth in me.
  • Rom 13:11-13 : 11 And 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. 12 The 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, 13 So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,
  • 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light, 10 Which in time past were not a people, yet are nowe the people of God: which in time past were not vnder mercie, but nowe haue obteined mercie.
  • 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.

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

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

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

    8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.

    9 For God hath not appointed vs vnto wrath, but to obtaine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ,

  • 1 Thess 5:1-3
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    1 Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.

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

    3 For 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,

  • Eph 5:6-8
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    6 Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

    7 Be not therefore companions with them.

    8 For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,

  • 1 Thess 4:12-13
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    12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

    13 I would not, brethren, haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe, that ye sorow not euen as other which haue no hope.

  • Mark 13:35-36
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    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,)

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

  • Rom 13:11-12
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    11 And 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.

    12 The 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,

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    15 For 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.

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

    2 That 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.

    3 Let 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,

  • Eph 5:14-17
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    14 Wherefore hee sayeth, Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the deade, and Christ shall giue thee light.

    15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,

    16 Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.

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

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    35 Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    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.

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    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.

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

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

  • Job 5:14
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    14 They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope at noone day, as in the night.

  • Amos 5:20
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    20 Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

  • Eph 5:11
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    11 And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.

  • John 12:35
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    35 Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Yet a litle while is the light with you: walke while ye haue that light, lest the darkenes come vpon you: for hee that walketh in the darke, knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • 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)

  • 1 Thess 4:5-6
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    5 And not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:

    6 That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

  • Matt 5:14
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    14 Ye are the light of the world. A citie that is set on an hill, cannot be hid.

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19 We 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.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
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    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.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5 This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • 1 Cor 14:20
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    20 Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

  • John 1:5
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    5 And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

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

  • 1 Thess 4:18
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    18 Wherefore, comfort your selues one another with these wordes.

  • 2 Pet 3:14
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    14 Wherefore, 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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