1 Thessalonians 5:2

New International Reader's Version

You know very well how the day of the Lord will come. It will come like a thief in the night.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:20

My anger will not turn back. I will accomplish everything I plan to do. In days to come you will understand it clearly.

Matthew 25:13

“So keep watch. You do not know the day or the hour that the groom will come.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.

1 Corinthians 1:8

God will also keep you strong in faith to the very end. Then you will be without blame on the day our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

Brothers and sisters, you are not in darkness. So that day should not surprise you as a thief would.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

What if you receive a message that is supposed to have come from us? What if it says that the day of the Lord has already come? If it does, we ask you not to become easily upset or alarmed. Don’t be upset whether that message is spoken or written or prophesied.

Joshua 11:7

So Joshua and his whole army attacked them suddenly. They fought against them at the Waters of Merom.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar. Fire will destroy everything in them. God will judge the earth and everything done in it.

Revelation 16:15

“Look! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is anyone who stays awake and keeps their clothes on. Then they will be ready. They will not be caught naked and so be put to shame.”

Revelation 3:3

So remember what you have been taught and have heard. Hold firmly to it. Turn away from your sins. If you don’t wake up, I will come like a thief. You won’t know when I will come to you.