1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5

In these words observe, I. The apostle tells the Thessalonians it was needless or useless to enquire about the particular time of Christ's coming: Of the times and seasons you need not that I write unto you, 1 Thess. 5:1. The thing is certain that Christ will come, and there is a certain time appointed for his coming; but there was no need that the apostle should write about this, and therefore he had no revelation given him; nor should they or we enquire into this secret, which the Father has... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:6-10

On what had been said, the apostle grounds seasonable exhortations to several needful duties. I. To watchfulness and sobriety, 1 Thess. 5:6. These duties are distinct, yet they mutually befriend one another. For, while we are compassed about with so many temptations to intemperance and excess, we shall not keep sober, unless we be upon our guard, and, unless we keep sober, we shall not long watch. 1. Then let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch; we must not be secure and careless, nor... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

5:1-11 You have no need, brothers, that anything should be written to you about the times and seasons; for you yourselves well know that, as a thief in the night, so the day of the Lord comes. When they are saying, "All is well; all is safe," then sudden destruction comes upon them, just as the labour pains come on a woman who is with child, and very certainly they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in the dark. You are not in a situation in which the day, like a thief, can surprise... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1

But of the times and the seasons, brethren ,.... Of the coming of Christ, his "appointed time" and "his day", as the Ethiopic version renders it; of the resurrection of the dead in Christ first, and of the rapture of all the saints in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, things treated of in the preceding chapter: and which might excite a curiosity to know the times and seasons of them; as in what year they would come to pass; in what season of the year, whether winter or summer; in what... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly ,.... With great exactness and accuracy, with great clearness and perspicuity, as a certain truth, which was made plain and evident to them, and about which there could be no question; and which perfect knowledge they had, either from the words of Christ, Matthew 24:42 , or from the ministration of the apostle and his fellow labourers, when among them: that the day of the Lord ; of the Lord Jesus, when he will show himself to be King of kings, and Lord of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they shall say ,.... Or men shall say, that is, wicked and ungodly men, persons in a state of unregeneracy: peace and safety ; when they shall sing a requiem, to themselves, promise themselves much ease and peace for years to come, and imagine their persons and property to be very secure from enemies and oppressors, and shall flatter themselves with much and long temporal happiness: then sudden destruction cometh upon them ; as on the men of the old world in the times of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:4

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness ,.... In a state of unregeneracy, which is a state of darkness, blindness, and ignorance, and which is the condition of all men by nature; they are born in darkness, and are brought up in it, and willingly, walk in it; they are covered with it, as the earth was covered with darkness in its first creation; and dwell in it, as the Egyptians did for some days, in thick darkness, darkness which might be felt; their understandings are darkened with respect to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:5

Ye are all children of light ,.... Or enlightened persons, whose understandings were enlightened by the spirit of God, to see their lost state by nature, the exceeding sinfulness of sin, the insufficiency of their righteousness to justify them before God, the fulness, suitableness, and excellency of Christ's righteousness, the way of salvation by Christ, and that it is all of grace from first to last; to understand in some measure the Scriptures of truth, and the mysteries of the Gospel; to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

Therefore let us not sleep as do others .... As the rest of the Gentiles, as unconverted persons, who are in a state of darkness, and are children of the night; let us not act that part they do, or be like them; which professors of religion too much are, when they indulge themselves in carnal lusts and pleasures, and are careless and thoughtless about the coming of the day of the Lord; and get into a stupid, drowsy, and slumbering frame of spirit; when grace lies dormant as if it was not,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1

But of the times and the seasons - It is natural to suppose, after what he had said in the conclusion of the preceding chapter concerning the coming of Christ, the raising of the dead, and rendering those immortal who should then be found alive, without obliging them to pass through the empire of death, that the Thessalonians would feel an innocent curiosity to know, as the disciples did concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, when those things should take place, and what should be the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:6-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 5:1

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