1 Thessalonians 5:2
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2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.(A)
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Revelation 16:15
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15 (“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed,[a] not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)(A)
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- 16.15 Gk and keeps his robes
2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)
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- 3.10 Other ancient authorities read will not be found or will be burned up
Matthew 24:42-44
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42 Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day[a] your Lord is coming.(A) 43 But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.(B) 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.(C)
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- 24.42 Other ancient authorities read at what hour
Luke 12:39-40
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39 “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he[a] would not have let his house be broken into.(A) 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”(B)
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- 12.39 Other ancient authorities add would have watched and
Revelation 3:3
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3 Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.(A)
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Matthew 25:13
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13 Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.[a](A)
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- 25.13 Other ancient authorities add in which the Son of Man is coming
Mark 13:34-35
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34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.(A) 35 Therefore, keep awake, for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or at dawn,(B)
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Jeremiah 23:20
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20 The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished
the intents of his mind.
In the latter days you will understand it clearly.(A)
1 Corinthians 1:8
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8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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