1 Thessalonians 5:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

² For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night.

American Standard Version (1901)

² For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Common English Bible

² You know very well that the day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:2 Cross References

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

Matthew 25:13

Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Luke 21:34

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

1 Corinthians 1:8

who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Joshua 11:7

So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Revelation 16:15

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Revelation 3:3

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.