1 Thessalonians 5:3

The Text-Critical English New Testament

When people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will certainly not escape.

Cross References

Matthew 23:33

You serpents, you brood of vipers! How will you escape being sentenced to hell?

John 16:21

When a woman is giving birth, she has pain because her hour has come, but when her baby is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

Acts 13:41

‘Behold, you scoffers, be amazed and perish, for I am doing a work in your days that you will certainly not believe, even if someone tells you about it.’ ”

2 Thessalonians 1:9

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Hebrews 12:23

to the festive gathering and assembly of the firstborn, whose names are enrolled in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus and committed them to chains of darkness to be kept for judgment;