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NASB					1 Thess 5:4 But you, brethren⁸⁰, are not in ^Adarkness⁴⁶⁵⁵, that the day²²⁵⁰ would overtake²⁶³⁸ you ¹ ^Blike⁵⁶¹³ a thief²⁸¹²;
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 Thess 5:4 But you, ¹believers, [all you who believe in Christ as Savior and acknowledge Him as God's Son] are not in spiritual darkness [nor held by its power], that the day [of judgment] would overtake you [by surprise] like a thief;

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One early ms reads like thieves

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Lit brethren.

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Acts 26:18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

Luke 21:34 ¶ "Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

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Greek Heb.

adelphos; from 1 (as a cop. pref.) and delphus (womb); a brother:--believing husband(1), brethren(170), brethren*(13), brother(111), brother's(8), brothers(40).

2250

hêmera; a prim. word; day:--always*(1), court(1), daily*(10), day(207), day's(1), day...another(1), daybreak(1), days(148), daytime(2), midday*(1), time(12), years(4).

2638

katalambanô; from 2596 and 2983; to lay hold of, seize:--attained(1), caught(2), comprehend(2), found(1), laid hold(2), lay hold(1), overtake(2), seizes(1), understand(1), understood(1), win(1).

2812

kleptês; from 2813; a thief:--thief(12), thieves(4).

4655

skotos; a prim. word; darkness:--darkness(30).

5613

hôs; adv. from 3739; as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as:--about(20), according(2), affected(1), after(2), appear*(1), appeared(1), effect(1), how(20), however*(1), if(10), just(6), just like(1), like(106), like*(1), namely(1), one(2), same way(1), seeing(1), since(2), size(1), so(3), so*(1), though(15), way(1), when(53), whenever*(1), where(1), while(10).

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