While they are saying, “(A)Peace and safety!” then [a](B)destruction [b]will come upon them suddenly like (C)labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. But you, brethren, are not in (D)darkness, that the day would overtake you [c](E)like a thief; for you are all (F)sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of (G)darkness;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Or sudden destruction
  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Lit comes upon
  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:4 One early ms reads like thieves