"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness." — 1 Thessalonians 5:5

1 Thessalonians 5:5 · KJV

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

— 1 Thessalonians 5:5

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

Therefore let us not sleep, as {do} others; but let us watch and be sober.

1 Thessalonians 5 — Context

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.

Therefore let us not sleep, as {do} others; but let us watch and be sober.

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Acts 26:18

To open their eyes, {and} to turn {them} from darkness to light, and {from} the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

John 12:36

While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.