615 B
615 B
what you have received and heard
This refers to God's word, which they believed. AT: "God's word that you heard and the truth that you believed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
if you do not wake up
Being alert to danger is spoken of as waking up. See how you translated "wake up" on Revelation 3:2. AT: "If you are not alert" or "If you are not careful" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
I will come as a thief
Jesus will come at a time when people do not expect him, just as a thief comes when not expected. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)