1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS WITH REFERENCE TO THE LAST DAY. The unexpected coming of the last day:... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS WITH REFERENCE TO THE LAST DAY. The unexpected coming of the last day:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT OF THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS, BRETHREN, YE HAVE NO NEED THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 same enthusiasm which looked forward to the coming of the Lord with eager impatience was apt to lead into an unhealthy state of mind, to a morbid an... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.... [ Continue Reading ]
The alertness and vigilance of the Christians:... [ Continue Reading ]
YE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DAY; WE ARE NOT OF THE NIGHT NOR OF DARKNESS.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE LET US NOT SLEEP, AS DO OTHERS, BUT LET US WATCH AND BE SOBER.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY THAT SLEEP, SLEEP IN THE NIGHT; AND THEY THAT BE DRUNKEN ARE DRUNKEN IN THE NIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT LET US, WHO ARE OF THE DAY, BE SOBER, PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF FAITH AND LOVE, AND FOR AN HELMET THE HOPE OF SALVATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GOD HATH NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH, BUT TO OBTAIN SALVATION BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO DIED FOR US, THAT, WHETHER WE WAKE OR SLEEP, WE SHOULD LIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE COMFORT YOURSELVES TOGETHER, AND EDIFY ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS ALSO YE DO. The Day of Judgment will come suddenly to Christians and unbelievers alike; but the contrast which the apostle brings out is this, that only the latter will be surprised by it. Christians are watchful, open-eyed, alert... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, TO KNOW THEM WHICH LABOR AMONG YOU, AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD, AND ADMONISH YOU;... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCLUDING ADMONITIONS AND GREETING. The conduct of Christians toward others:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO ESTEEM THEM VERY HIGHLY IN LOVE FOR THEIR WORK'S SAKE. AND BE AT PEACE AMONG YOURSELVES.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW WE EXHORT YOU, BRETHREN, WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY, COMFORT THE FEEBLE-MINDED, SUPPORT THE WEAK, BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE THAT NONE RENDER EVIL FOR EVIL UNTO ANY MAN, BUT EVER FOLLOW THAT WHICH IS GOOD, BOTH AMONG YOURSELVES AND TO ALL MEN. In concluding his letter the apostle gives the Thessalonian Christians some rules of order as to how they ought to conduct themselves. He speaks first of all of their behavior t... [ Continue Reading ]
REJOICE EVERMORE.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Christian's personal bearing and conduct:... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING,... [ Continue Reading ]
IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESPISE NOT PROPHESYINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL. Of these brief admonitions one commentator says: "To comment adequately upon these diamond drops would be to outline a history of the Christian experience in its higher levels. " Always to rejoice is a characteristic of all Christians, even in poverty, sickness,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE VERY GOD OF PEACE SANCTIFY YOU WHOLLY; AND I PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
Concluding greetings:... [ Continue Reading ]
FAITHFUL IS HE THAT CALLETH YOU, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREET ALL THE BRETHREN WITH AN HOLY KISS.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CHARGE YOU BY THE LORD THAT THIS EPISTLE BE READ UNTO ALL THE HOLY BRETHREN.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU! AMEN. The conclusions of Paul's letters are always serene and restful, his last word invariably being one of evangelical kindness. Whether he here had in mind the vices to which he had alluded in the body of his letter, which tend to disturb the harmon... [ Continue Reading ]