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

But {G1161} ye {G5210}, brethren {G80}, are {G2075} not {G3756} in {G1722} darkness {G4655}, that {G2443} that day {G2250} should overtake {G2638} you {G5209} as {G5613} a thief {G2812}.

But you, brothers, are not in the dark, so that the Day should take you by surprise like a thief;

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

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

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Cross-References

  • 2 Peter 3:10 (3 votes)

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • 1 John 2:8 (3 votes)

    Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

  • Jeremiah 42:16 (2 votes)

    Then it shall come to pass, [that] the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

  • Colossians 1:13 (2 votes)

    Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:

  • 1 Peter 2:9 (2 votes)

    But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • 1 Peter 2:10 (2 votes)

    Which in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

  • Hosea 10:9 (2 votes)

    ¶ O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.