1 My brothers, you do not need anyone to write to you about the day or the year when these things will happen.

2 You your-selves surely know that the day of the Lord will come just like a person who comes to steal in the night.

3 When people are saying, Everything is quiet and safe, they will be destroyed. It will all happen very quickly. And there will be no way out. It will be like the pain that a woman has when a child is born.

4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark. That day should not surprise you like a person who comes to steal.

5 You all belong to the light. You belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the dark.