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1 Thessalonians 5:3
“For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.”
Verse in context — 1 Thessalonians 5
1
But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
2
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
3
For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
4
But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
5
You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
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