³While they are saying, “^aPeace and safety!” then ¹^bdestruction ²will come upon them suddenly like ^clabor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

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

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Footnotes

1Lit is coming
1Or sudden destruction
2Lit comes upon
1One early ms reads like thieves

Cross references

a 1 Cor 1:8
b Luke 21:34; 1 Thess 5:4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15
a Jer 6:14; 8:11; Ezek 13:10
b 2 Thess 1:9
c John 16:21
a Acts 26:18; 1 John 2:8
b Luke 21:34; 1 Thess 5:2; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark, for this day to surprise you like a thief.

NLTNew Living Translation

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for you yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the same way as a thief in the night. Whenever they say “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of a pregnant woman, and they will not possibly escape. But you, brothers, are not in the darkness, so that the day should catch you like a thief,

KJV 1900King James Version

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

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