1 I don't need to write to you about the time or date when all this will happen.
2 You know that the Lord's return 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.
6 Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert.