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1 Thessalonians 5:4–5

4 But you, brethren, are not in adarkness, that the day would overtake you 1blike a thief;

5 for you are all asons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of bdarkness;

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1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

But you, brothers and sisters, are not living in darkness, and so that day will not surprise you like a thief. You are all people who belong to the light and to the day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief: for all ye are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

But, brothers and sisters, you don’t live in the dark. That day won’t take you by surprise as a thief would. You belong to the day and the light not to the night and the dark.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But you, brothers, are not in the dark, for this day to overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Brothers and sisters, you are not in darkness. So that day should not surprise you as a thief would. All of you are children of the light. You are children of the day. We don’t belong to the night. We don’t belong to the darkness.


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