1 Thessalonians 5:4

2 For you yourselves know perfectly that ^athe day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then ^asudden destruction comes upon them, ^bas labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

4 ^aBut you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

5 You are all ^asons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

6 ^aTherefore let us not sleep, as others do, but ^blet us watch and be sober.

7 For ^athose who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk ^bare drunk at night.

8 But let us who are of the day be sober, ^aputting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

9 For ^aGod did not appoint us to wrath, ^bbut to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 ^awho died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 5:4

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American Standard Version
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

Amplified® Bible
But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief.

Contemporary English Version
My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief.

Darby English Version
But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:

Good News Bible
But you, friends, are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief.

International Standard Version
However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the day might surprise you like a thief.

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

New American Standard Bible
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;

New International Version
But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

New King James Version
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But you, brethren, do not dwell in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;

Young's Literal Translation
and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

New English Translation
But you, brothers and sisters,¹ are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

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