Cross references

1 Thessalonians 5:2

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2 BSB

1 Thessalonians 5:2 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 16:15 (26 votes) and 2 Peter 3:10 (23 votes). 58 other verses point back to it. It links with 30 other books, from Exodus 12 to Revelation 16.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 5:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

  2. 2 Peter 3:1023 votes

    But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

  3. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. …

  4. Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

  5. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  6. But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

  7. It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

  8. The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.

  9. He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 5:2?

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