Cross references

1 Thessalonians 5:4

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

1 Thessalonians 5:4 BSB

1 Thessalonians 5:4 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 2:8 (4 votes) and Deuteronomy 19:6 (3 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Deuteronomy 19 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 5:4 point to?

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

  1. 1 John 2:84 votes

    Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

  2. Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

  3. If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

  4. All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

  5. then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.

  6. He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

  7. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

  8. 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.

  9. Hosea 10:92 votes

    Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?

  10. Acts 26:182 votes

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

  11. And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. …

  12. 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.

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 5:4?

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