1 Thessalonians 5:3 “While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come u…”

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

American Standard Version

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Geneva Bible 1599

For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape,

Darby Translation

When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Young's Literal Translation

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail [doth] her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

Bible in Basic English

When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

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Cross references

“Peace”

Matthew 24:37–39 Luke 17:26–30 Psalm 10:11–13 Daniel 5:3–6 Isaiah 56:12 Nahum 1:10

Matthew 24:37–39 · BSB

As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 17:26–30 · BSB

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:

Psalm 10:11–13 · BSB

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

Daniel 5:3–6 · BSB

Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

Isaiah 56:12 · BSB

“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

Nahum 1:10 · BSB

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

“then”

Psalm 73:18–20 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Proverbs 29:1 2 Peter 2:4 Acts 13:41 Joshua 8:20–22

Psalm 73:18–20 · BSB

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Proverbs 29:1 · BSB

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

2 Peter 2:4 · BSB

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Acts 13:41 · BSB

‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’ ”

Joshua 8:20–22 · BSB

When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.

“as”

Jeremiah 4:31 Isaiah 43:6–9 Jeremiah 6:24 Jeremiah 22:23 Psalm 48:6 Jeremiah 13:21

Jeremiah 4:31 · BSB

For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the mu…

Isaiah 43:6–9 · BSB

I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Jeremiah 6:24 · BSB

We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 22:23 · BSB

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”

Psalm 48:6 · BSB

Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 13:21 · BSB

What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?

“and they”

Hebrews 2:3 Hebrews 12:23 Matthew 23:33

Hebrews 2:3 · BSB

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Hebrews 12:23 · BSB

in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Matthew 23:33 · BSB

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

4But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

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