9 Bible Verses about Ignorance Of Christ’s Return

So, be alert, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return, whether [some] evening, at midnight, at dawn, or at [mid-] morning.

So, remember how you have received and heard the message [i.e., they had eagerly accepted the Gospel]; [now] obey it and repent. For if you do not become [spiritually] alert, I will come as a thief [i.e. unexpectedly] and you will not know the [exact] time that I will come upon you [in judgment. See 2:16, 25].

Therefore be alert, for you do not know on what day the Lord will come.

"You should pay attention; be alert and pray, for you do not know when the time will come [i.e., for the Lord to return].

"But no one knows when that day or hour will come. Not even the angels in heaven or the Son [of God] know [when it will happen], but only the Father [does].

But no one knows when that day or that hour will come; not even the angels in heaven or the Son of God know, but only the Father does.

Jesus replied, "You are not permitted to know the [specific] time or date [when this will happen]. For the Father has appointed it [to happen] when He determines [the right time].

that slave's master will return on a day that he least expects, and at an unknown hour.

Therefore, you should be watchful, for you do not know the day or hour [i.e., when the Son of man will return].