Revelation 3:3
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3 (A)Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and (B)repent. (C)Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you (D)as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
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Revelation 2:5
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5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, (A)or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.
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2 Peter 3:10
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The Day of the Lord
10 But (A)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which (B)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [a]burned up.
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- 2 Peter 3:10 NU laid bare, lit. found
1 Thessalonians 5:2
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2 For you yourselves know perfectly that (A)the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
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Matthew 24:42-43
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42 (A)Watch therefore, for you do not know what [a]hour your Lord is coming. 43 (B)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [b]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
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- Matthew 24:42 NU day
- Matthew 24:43 Lit. watch of the night
Revelation 16:15
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15 (A)“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, (B)lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”
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Luke 12:39-40
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39 (A)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would [a]have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 40 (B)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
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- Luke 12:39 NU not have allowed
1 Thessalonians 5:4-6
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4 (A)But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all (B)sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 (C)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (D)let us watch and be [a]sober.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
Hebrews 2:1
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Do Not Neglect Salvation
2 Therefore we must give [a]the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
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- Hebrews 2:1 all the more careful attention
1 Timothy 6:20
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Guard the Faith
20 O Timothy! (A)Guard what was committed to your trust, (B)avoiding the profane and [a]idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge—
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- 1 Timothy 6:20 empty chatter
Matthew 25:13
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13 (A)“Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour [a]in which the Son of Man is coming.
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- Matthew 25:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
Mark 13:36
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36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.
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Mark 13:33
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33 (A)Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
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