1 Thessalonians 5:3
1 Thessalonians · New Testament · Chapter 5
“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
What Does 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 5:3 is found in the book of 1 Thessalonians, chapter 5, verse 3 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 5:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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 24:37“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”Luke 17:26“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”Matthew 24:8“All these are the beginning of sorrows.”Revelation 18:7“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.”Proverbs 24:16“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”Ecclesiastes 9:12“For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”Psalms 69:22“Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.”Psalms 73:18“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;”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;”Job 15:21“A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.”Psalms 10:11“He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.”Proverbs 29:1“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”Jeremiah 4:31“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”Daniel 5:3“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.”2 Peter 2:4“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;”Isaiah 29:5“Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.”Isaiah 43:6“I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;”Isaiah 56:12“Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.”
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