1 I don’t need to write you about the time or date when all this will happen. 2 *Mt 24.43;Lk 12.39;2 P 3.10.You surely know that the Lord’s return*5.2 the Lord’s return: The Greek text has "the day of the Lord." will be as a thief coming at night. 3 People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won’t escape.

4 My dear friends, you don’t live in darkness, and so that day won’t surprise you like a thief. 5 You belong to the light and live in the day. We don’t live in the night or belong to the dark.