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.
7. People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk.