I Thessalonians 5:4
The Scripture
(4) But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Paul taught that the day of the Lord would come like a thief in the night upon those in darkness, but believers as children of light should stay sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of the hope of salvation. He closed with practical exhortations to comfort the feeble, rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Romans 13:11Romans 13:12Romans 13:13Colossians 1:13I Peter 2:9I Peter 2:10I John 2:8Deuteronomy 19:6Deuteronomy 28:15Deuteronomy 28:45Jeremiah 42:16Hosea 10:9
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