1 Thessalonians 5:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³For 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 —

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Cross-References

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Luke 21:34-35
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. …
Matthew 24:37-39
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. …
Luke 17:26-30
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. …
Revelation 18:7-8
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. …
Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Topics

Confidence Escape Judgments Procrastination Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

In these words observe, I. The apostle tells the Thessalonians it was needless or useless to enquire about the particular time of Christ’s coming: Of the times and seasons you need not that I write unto you, 1 Thess. 5:1. The thing is certain that Christ will come, and there is a certain time appointed for his coming; but there was no need that the apostle should write about this, and therefore he…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. they--the men of the world. 1Th 5:5, 6; 1Th 4:13, “others,” all the rest of the world save Christians. Peace--(Jud 18:7, 9, 27, 28; Jr 6:14; Eze 13:10). then--at the very moment when they least expect it. Compare the case of Belshazzar, Da 5:1-5, 6, 9, 26-28; Herod, Ac 12:21-23. sudden--“unawares” (Lu 21:34). as travail--“As the labor pang” comes in an instant on the woman when otherwise engage…