1 Thessalonians 5:3

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1 Thessalonians 5:3

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Summary

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.

Peace

Then

As

And they

Matthew 23:33

Hebrews 2:3

Hebrews 12:23

General references

Luke 17:27

Bible References

Peace

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

Then

Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.

Then the men of Ai, looking back, saw the smoke of the town going up to heaven, and were unable to go this way or that: and the people who had gone in flight to the waste land were turned back on those who were coming after them.

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.

Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.

As

I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.

A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.

The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

What will you say when he puts over you those whom you yourself have made your friends? will not pains take you like a woman in childbirth?

O you who are living in Lebanon, making your living-place in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!

The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.

Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth:

And they

You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?

What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

General references

As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.

We were looking for peace, but no good came; and for a time of well-being, but there is only a great fear.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.