1 Thessalonians 5:2 (GNV)

Passage

For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:1 Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape,

1 Thessalonians 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shall come on you, as it were a thiefe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "selues", "knowe", "perfectly", "lord", "shall", "come", "euen", and "thiefe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "selues" and "knowe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Bvt of the times and seasons brethren..." into verse 3's "For when they shall say Peace and...", so "selues" and "knowe" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "selues" and "knowe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.