1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

The Day of the Lord

¹ Now concerning _w the times and the seasons, brothers, _{1 x} you have no need to have anything written to you. ² For you yourselves are fully aware that _y the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³ While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then _z sudden destruction will come upon them _a as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1. Cross References
   Daniel 2:21
   He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
   Acts 1:7
   He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 4:9
   Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Thessalonians 2:2
   Not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
   Matthew 24:43
   But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
   Luke 17:24
   For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 21:34
   But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
   Psalms 35:8
   Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it - to his destruction!
   Luke 17:26 - 30
   Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
   2 Thessalonians 1:9
   They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 13:8
   They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.