"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child;…" — 1 Thessalonians 5:3

1 Thessalonians 5:3 · KJV

“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.”

— 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Verse 2

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Verse 4

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5 — Context

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

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.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Cross References

Luke 21:34-35

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and {so} that day come upon you unawares.

Matthew 24:37-39

But as the days of Noe {were}, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Luke 17:26-30

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Revelation 18:7-8

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

Hebrews 2:3

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard {him};

Psalms 73:18-20

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Daniel 5:3-6

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which {was} at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.