1Th 5:3-4 | ESV | STEP | While people are saying , There is peace and security , then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape .

a Luke 21:34; [Ps. 35:8; Luke 17:26-30; 2 Thess. 1:9]

1 Thessalonians 5:3-4

3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then ^asudden destruction will come upon them ^bas labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 4 But you ^care not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.