FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY - That is, they had been fully taught this. There could be no doubt in their minds respecting it. THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH - Of the Lord Jesus - for so the word “Lor...
V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12) 3. Conclusions 1 Thes
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...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 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...
FOR. Greek. _gar_. KNOW. App-132. PERFECTLY. Greek. _akribos._ See Acts 18:25. LORD. App-98....
Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro
_For yourselves know perfectly_ "For yourselves know:" a turn of expression characteristic of these Epistles; ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (see note), 1 Thessalonians 2:1 (Identical with this), 2, 5, 11; 1...
Section VI. (continued): 1 Thessalonians 5:1 The first part of this Chapter stands in close connection with the last six verses of ch. 4. Together they form the most distinctive and the weightiest se...
AKL introduce η before ΗΜΕΡΑ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ: cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:2, &c. 2. ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ΓᾺΡ�. _For of yourselves you know precisely_. On αὐτοὶ οἴδατε, see 1 Thessa
§ 9. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. The Coming of the Day The second misgiving of the Thessalonians respecting the παρουσία (see _Introd._ to § 8, and general _Introd._ p. xxxvi.) was closely connected with...
ΆΚΡΙΒΏΣ (G199) точно, тщательно, хорошо (Moore; _см._ Luke 1:3). ΉΜΕΡΑ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ (G2250; G2962) день Господа. Может подразумеваться день Господа в ветхозаветном смыеле (Bruce), или же обозначать день Го...
DISCOURSE: 2203 WATCHFULNESS ENJOINED 1 Thessalonians 5:1. Of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so come...
BUT OF THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS, &C.— "I have told you that the solemn day of universal judgment will certainly come; and have been endeavouring to lead your minds to those views of it which must be...
THE DAY OF THE LORD— This phrase may be understood either _figuratively,_ of Christ's coming in judgment upon the Jews; or _literally,_ of his coming in glory to judge the world. Sometimes, indeed, it...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:2) 2 FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. Translation and Paraphrase _2._ For you yourselves know very clearly (how) th...
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT. The apostles follow their Lord's parable, expressing how His coming shall take men...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks f...
THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS 1. 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)....
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 5 WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11 V1 Now, brothers and s...
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’...
CHAPTER 12 THE DAY OF THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 5:1 (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 h...
περὶ τῶν χρόνων καὶ τῶν καιρῶν....
οἴδατε, referring to the teaching of Jesus on this crucial point, which Paul had transmitted to them (see Introduction)....
READY FOR “THE DAY OF THE LORD” 1 Thessalonians 5:1 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...
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...
(1) В¶ 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 the...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
2_Ye know perfectly_. He places exact knowledge in contrast with an anxious desire of investigation. But what is it that he says the Thessalonians know accurately? (591) It is, that the day of Christ...
The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
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...
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Ver. 2. _The day of the Lord_] That day, by a specialty, Luke 21:34, that great day, Revelation 6:17, that da...
_For yourselves know perfectly_ It being a matter plainly revealed both by Christ and his apostles; _that the day of the Lord_ That great decisive day, to which our eyes and hearts are so much directe...
PERFECTLY; more literally, accurately, having been carefully instructed on that point by myself. THE DAY OF THE LORD; of his second coming in glory just spoken of. AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT; suddenly a...
CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS WITH REFERENCE TO THE LAST DAY. The unexpected coming of the last day:...
FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT....
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 a...
D. The certainty of Christ's coming, 5:1-11 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 a...
“FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH AS. THIEF IN THE NIGHT” “For yourselves know”: They already knew the answer to their own question, and they knew it, because Paul had...
1-5 It is needless or useless to ask about the particular time of Christ's coming. Christ did not reveal this to the apostles. There are times and seasons for us to work in, and these are our duty an...
By TIMES AND SEASONS then, before mentioned, he meant the time: of the Lord's coming, or he applies what he spoke in general to this particular, which he here calls THE DAY OF THE LORD. And though the...
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. [Here is an echo from the lips of Jesus (Matthew 24:36-51; Luke 12:39-40). See also 2 Peter 3:10;...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews The apostle says: "The day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. When they shall say, Peace and security, then on them sh...
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‘But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need that anything be written to you, for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the...
1 Thessalonians 5:2. FOR YE YOURSELVES KNOW, and therefore do not need to be reminded; this itself being, however, the most delicate and yet most effectual reminder. Perfectly literally, with perfect...
_Exhortation to Sobriety and Watchfulness, founded in the Suddenness of the Lord's Coming, and on their Character as Children of Light._ Having spoken so definitely of the Lord's coming, Paul anticipa...
KNOW PERFECTLY (ακριβως οιδατε). Accurately know, not "the times and the seasons," but their own ignorance.AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (ως κλεπτης εν νυκτ). As a thief at night, suddenly and unexpecte...
1 Thessalonians 5:1 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...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the 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._ It...
CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in cons...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the churc...
COME AS A THIEF COMES. Sudden, unexpected! This can be understood of: the day of each person's death; the day of Jerusalem's destruction [which was still future as he wrote this]; the day of Christ's...
_For ye yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night _ CHRIST COMING AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT Here we have a striking comparison--one which, to all appearance,...
_But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you--Perhaps because the apostle had told them, or because the sudden coming of Christ was a universal belief._ So in modern...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 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...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
But of the times and seasons, brethren, you 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...
2 Peter 3:10; Jeremiah 23:20; Luke 12:39; Luke 12:40; Mark 13:34;...
Perfectly [α κ ρ ι β ω ς]. See on Luke 1:3. The day of the Lord [η μ ε ρ α κ υ ρ ι ο υ]. The day of Christ's second coming. In Paul's Epistles this is expressed by hJ hJmera the day, absolutely, 1 The...
THE LORD'S COMING 1 Thessalonians 5:1 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...
For this in general ye do know; and ye can and need know no more....