15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Second Coming

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
• Eccl 8:7 — For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
• Jas 5:7 — Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter ra
• Jas 5:9 — Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
• Luke 12:40 — Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
• Luke 12:40 — Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
• Mark 13:35 — Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
• Matt 24:27 — For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• Matt 24:36 — But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
• Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
• Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
• Matt 24:43 — But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
• Matt 25:6 — And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
• Matt 25:10 — And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
• Matt 25:10 — And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
• Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
• Phil 4:5 — Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
• Rev 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.