1 Thessalonians 5:18

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

1 Thessalonians CONTINUAL PRAYER AND ITS EFFECTS 1Th_5:16-18 . The peculiarity and the stringency of these three precepts is the unbroken continuity which they require. To rejoice, to pray, to give thanks, are easy when circumstances favour, as a taper burns steadily in a windless night; but to do these things always is as difficult as for the taper’s flame to keep upright when all the winds are eddying round it. ‘Evermore’--’without ceasing’--’in everything’--these qualifying words give... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

“Without Blame” at His Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who, in the previous section, are described as wearing the breastplate of faith and love. As we endeavor to put them into practice, we become conscious of a new and divine energy entering and quickening our nature. It is the God of peace who is at work, co-operating with our poor endeavors and sanctifying... 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 5:15-28

Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God's message concerning this great definite work in the believer's heart and life. There are so many who excuse all kinds of actions among Christians. They seem to think that a Christian, since he is saved by grace, can live any way he may desire, and get away with it. God never permits us to use "grace" as a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.’ Again we have a threefold injunction. Rejoicing, praying and giving of thanks which are to be continual and total. This is to be the spirit of the church. A satisfactory attitude of heart towards God in worship, prayer and gratitude is God’s will for us and will enable the church to go forward in strength. ‘For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.’... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22

1 Thessalonians 5:12-Song of Solomon : . Sundry Counsels and Exhortations. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 . Christians are urged to respect their leaders. No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this verse implies that the Church had leaders. The ministry at Thessalonica was a ministry of service. Those who laboured most were naturally regarded as being over the Church. They are entitled to esteem and love, not by reason of any official position but “ for their work’ s sake.” 1... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:18

In every thing give thanks: when we have obtained mercy by prayer, then we are to give thanks, and whatever we may pray for, that we ought to give thanks for. And so by that understand and limit the general expression in the text. We are not to give thanks when we fall into sin, for that we ought not to pray for; yet if we have the pardon of it, or get any good by it, we should then give thanks: and so may be said concerning affliction; we are to give thanks in every condition, either of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—1 Thessalonians 5:16-18The Secret of a Happy Life.Happiness is not found in anything external. It is a certain state of the soul when it is filled with the peace of God and lit up with the sunshine of heaven. It is a mockery to talk about cultivating happiness. It is not a potato to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. “Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of heaven. It is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 I. "Rejoice evermore." The Thessalonian converts were living in the sphere of sorrow. The Apostle exhorts them to be "girded with gladness." This rejoicing, being in the Lord, is opposed to the spurious joy which is the possession of sinners. The rejoicing before God is the deep, calm delight of the soul in communion with the Saviour. It springs out of the three Christian graces which this epistle so strongly emphasises faith, hope, and love. II. "Pray without ceasing."... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

DISCOURSE: 2205THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.THE just union of personal and relative duties is the brightest ornament of the Christian profession. The discharge of either will be imperfect, if it be not united with an attention to the other. As beauty in the human body consists not in the exquisite formation of any single feature, but in the just... read more

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