1 Thessalonians 5:4 (WEB)
But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“Nay, but this whole world is the one house of all; in which world it is more the heathen, who is found in darkness, whom the grace of God enlightens, than the Christian, who is already in God’s light.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 John i. 5–7; ii. 8; also Rom. xiii. 12, 13; 1 Thess. v. 4, 5.
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John Cassian
“Above all, considering the state of our weak and shifty nature, let us beware lest the day of the Lord come upon us as a thief in the night, and find our conscience defiled even by a single penny; for this would make void all the fruits of our renunciation of the world, and cause that which was said…” — editor's note: 1 Thess. v. 4.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in The Institutes VII.30.