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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Thessalonians 5:4-11

The alertness and vigilance of the Christians: v. 4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief. v. 5. Ye are all the children of light and the children of the day; we are not of the night nor of darkness. v. 6. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober. v. 7. For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. v. 8. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1 Thessalonians 5:1-112. But when He will come, we know not; let your walk, therefore, be at all times watchful and sober.1But of [concerning, περί] the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write [it be written]1unto you: 2for yourselves know perfectly that 3the2 day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when [When]3 they shall say [are saying] 4: Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon4 them, as [even as, ὥσπερ] travail upon a woman [her that is,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Ready for “the Day of the Lord” 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 To the Apostle “the day of the Lord” was near. He expected it in his lifetime, and if we remember that the Lord’s words with reference to it were in part fulfilled when Jerusalem fell, it is clear that his expectation was not altogether vain. The suddenness of the Advent was the theme of Jesus’ reiterated assurances. See Matthew 24:38 ; Matthew 24:43 ; Luke 17:29-30 . The world spends its days in careless indifference ( sleep ), or in... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28

Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are children of light, and therefore called upon to live in watchfulness and sobriety. In view of the glorious certainty of hope the apostle urged them to continue in the 'labour of love" in serving "a living and true God." There follow brief injunctions (verses 1Th 5:17-20 ) which perfectly set... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

The Lord's Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The question up for discussion is one of utmost importance. If it is true that the Lord's Coming is near, and that at any moment we may hear His shout, and the sound of the trumpet; it is certainly also true that the Lord would not leave us ignorant of the fact of that soon Coming, The Holy Spirit has borne witness, that that day should not overtake us as a thief, for the reason that we are not of the night, neither of the darkness.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

‘So then let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober, for those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night, but let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.’ As sons of the day we are to watch and be sober, not sleep and be drunken (see Romans 13:13). The Christian does not ‘sleep’ with regard to spiritual things (compare Mark 13:36; Ephesians 5:14), he... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1 Thessalonians 5:1-1 Kings : . Paul’ s Warning to the Christians to be Prepared for the Parousia. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 . as a thief in the night: cf. the words of Jesus ( Matthew 24:43). Throughout this paragraph the suddenness of the Parousia is emphasized. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 . sons of light: a Hebraism, meaning those who have been enlightened. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 . breastplate: cf. with this passage the fuller description of the Christian’ s armour in Ephesians 6:13-Proverbs :. 1... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

The apostle draws this inference from the foregoing verses in a twofold duty: 1. Negative; Let us not sleep, as do others; sleep is not proper for the children of the day, but of the night. And as the night and darkness are to be taken metaphorically, so the sleep. And though it hath several acceptations in Scripture, yet it is here taken for security. As the natural sleep binds up the senses, and men are not aware of approaching danger, so doth the sleep of the soul: it darkens the mind,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES1 Thessalonians 5:1. Times and seasons.—The one is the even, continuous flow of the river, the other is the cataract. Seasons we may represent as epochs. Our Lord in the same words refused to gratify the curiosity of His followers (Acts 1:7).1 Thessalonians 5:2. For yourselves know perfectly.—The adverb here is the same as in Ephesians 5:15 (A.V. “circumspectly,” R.V. “carefully”). It is used five times only in the New Testament. The translations are... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-8

1 Thessalonians 5:1-8 I. The Apostle having disclosed much in the foregoing verses about the Lord's second coming, and the respective shares in its glory which are to fall to those of His people who are then asleep, and those of them who are then alive, and remain, and having shown that the one class will not be more highly favoured than the other, proceeds now to declare to his readers that, having such assured knowledge, they have enough. It is not for them in a spirit of mere curiosity to... read more