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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-24

III. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS 4:1-5:24The second major part of this epistle contains instructions and exhortations about Christian living in general, the Rapture, personal watchfulness, church life, and individual behavior. All of this is vital for believers who are undergoing opposition for their faith. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

The Need of Watchfulness. Final Injunctions1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the time of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3-4). 3. When they shall say] i.e. when people are saying.4, 5. Thief] better, ’as thieves.’ Thieves work in darkness. You are all children of light. Live up to your birthright. 6. Let us not sleep] i.e. in carelessness and sin. Others] better, ’the others.’8-10. Mason paraphrases, ’Let us arm ourselves with a brave hope... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Thessalonians 5:2

(2) Know perfectly.—Or, accurately. There is something of an oxymoron (see Note on 1 Thessalonians 4:11) here. “I need not tell you about the time, for you know to a nicety—not the hour of Christ’s coming, but—the utter uncertainty respecting it.” The word shows at the same time with what scrupulous care St. Paul had instructed them on this topic.The day of the Lord.—Here “the Lord” (as usual in the New Testament) means Jesus Christ; and this day can mean nothing else than the great day of His... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

1 Thessalonians 5:4 Some injustice has been done to the Christian creed of immortality as an influence in determining men's conduct Paul preached the imminent advent of Christ and besought his disciples therefore to watch, and we ask ourselves what is the moral value to us of such an admonition. But surely if we are to have any reasons for being virtuous, this is as good as any other. It is just as respectable to believe that we ought to abstain from iniquity because Christ is at hand, and we... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Chapter 12THE DAY OF THE LORD1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (R.V.)THE last verses of the fourth chapter perfect that which is lacking, on one side, in the faith of the Thessalonians. The Apostle addresses himself to the ignorance of his readers: he instructs them more fully on the circumstances of Christ’s second coming; and he bids them comfort one another with the sure hope that they and their departed friends shall meet, never to part, in the kingdom of the Saviour. In the passage before us he... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 ) 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 ) 3. Conclusions 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 ) 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 “But concerning the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well aware. They knew perfectly that the day of the Lord would come as a thief in the night. No doubt Paul had touched on this subject when with them; but even if he had not done so, yet the Old Testament abounds in its information as to "the day of the Lord." This "Day" will come upon the whole world... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-12

HORTATORY AND INSTRUCTIVE Timothy reported some things that called for exhortation and instruction. In the first place, fornication was indulged in by some who had no proper understanding of its sinfulness (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 ). This inconsistency is probably explained by the circumstance that the church was composed of Gentiles chiefly, rather than Jews. (See Acts 17:0 and compare such passages in the epistle as 1 Thessalonians 1:9 .) Paganism, out of which they came, knew not the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

Apostolic Prayers 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:01 Thessalonians 5:0 "But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you" ( 1Th 4:9 ). We have just heard the Apostle express a wish in prayer that he might see the face of his friends in Thessalonica, that he might perfect that which was lacking in their faith. Here he says there was nothing lacking in their love. Why, this is the supreme test of faith and righteousness: "We know that we have passed from death unto life"... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

(1) ¶ But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. (2) For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. (3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. The Apostle in the close of the former Chapter, having so blessedly spoken to the Church, concerning the great day of God; begins this, with showing the dreadful... read more