1 Thessalonians 5:2
1 Thessalonians · New Testament · Chapter 5
“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”1 Thessalonians 5:2
What Does 1 Thessalonians 5:2 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 5:2 is found in the book of 1 Thessalonians, chapter 5, verse 2 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Second Coming.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Thessalonians 5:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 24:36“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”Revelation 16:15“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”2 Peter 3:10“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”Luke 21:34“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 24:42“Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”Revelation 3:3“Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.”Matthew 25:13“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”Luke 12:39“And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.”Amos 4:12“Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.”Proverbs 22:3“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”Joel 2:1“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;”Mark 13:34“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”Acts 2:20“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:”Isaiah 37:36“Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”2 Kings 19:35“And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”Psalms 64:7“But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.”Isaiah 13:6“Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.”Jeremiah 23:20“The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.”Daniel 5:5“In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.”Matthew 24:43“But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.”
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