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1 Thessalonians 5:3

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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.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:1

    But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:4

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

  4. 1 Thessalonians 5:5

    Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.