1 Thessalonians 5:2 (LSB)

Passage

For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need of anything to be written to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman who is pregnant, and they will never escape.

1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yourselves", "full", "well", "lord", "come", "just", "like", and "thief". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yourselves" and "full", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Now concerning the times and the seasons..." into verse 3's "While they are saying Peace and safety...", so "yourselves" and "full" 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 "yourselves" and "full" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.