1 Thessalonians 5:2 KJV
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Thou and Ye
- yourselves more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- The apostle exhorts to be always ready for the coming of Christ to judgment, which will be with suddenness and surpriseIt is needless or useless to ask about the particular time of Christ's coming. Christ did not reveal this to the apostles. There are times and seasons for us...
Thompson Chains
- Day of the LordLink 2 of 3 · next 2 Peter 3:10
- Second Coming (2)Link 3 of 5 · next Revelation 3:3
- Spir. BrethrenSee the chain from Matthew 23:8 · 6 links
- EnlightenmentSee the chain from Psalms 18:28 · 8 links
- Readiness (1)Last of 6 links
Cross References
- 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.
- Matthew 24:42–44 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. …
- Luke 12:39–40 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. …
- Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- Mark 13:34–35 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. …
- 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.
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Topics
- Day Called THE DAY OF THE LORD
- Escape None, from the judgments of God
- Jesus, the Christ Second coming of
- Procrastination General scriptures concerning
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 54 · The First Epistle to the Thessalonians
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Greek and Strong’s
- For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
- yourselves Αὐτοὶ Autoi αὐτός Pronoun · second person, nominative masculine plural
- know οἴδατε oidate εἴδω Verb · perfect active indicative, second person plural
- perfectly ἀκριβῶς akribōs ἀκριβῶς Adverb
- that ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
- the day ἡ hē Article · nominative feminine singular ἡμέρα hēmera ἡμέρα Noun · nominative feminine singular
- of the Lord Κυρίου Kyriou κύριος Noun · genitive masculine singular
- so οὕτως houtōs οὕτω Adverb
- cometh ἔρχεται erchetai ἔρχομαι Verb · present middle indicative, third person singular
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- a thief κλέπτης kleptēs κλέπτης Noun · nominative masculine singular
- in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- the night νυκτὶ nykti νύξ Noun · dative feminine singular
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