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1 Thessalonians 5 is part of “The Day of the Lord and Readiness” (5:1–11) in the outline of 1 Thessalonians.
1 Thessalonians 5 summary
The apostle, having spoken in the end of the foregoing chapter concerning the resurrection, and the second coming of Christ, proceeds to speak concerning the uselessness of enquiring after the particular time of Christ's coming, which would be sudden and terrible to the wicked, but comfortable to the saints (Th1 5:1-5). He then exhorts them to the duties of watchfulness, sobriety, and the exercise of faith, love, and hope, as being suitable to their state (Th1 5:6-10). In the next words he exhorts them to several duties they owed to others, or to one another (Th1 5:11-15), afterwards to several other Christian duties of great importance (Th1 5:16-22), and then concludes this epistle (Th1 5:23-28).
Source: Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706–21; Romans–Revelation completed by Nonconformist ministers). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
1 Bvt of the times and seasons, brethren, yee haue no neede that I write vnto you.
2 For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape,
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shall come on you, as it were a thiefe.
5 Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.
6 Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.
8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, putting on the brest plate of faith and loue, and of the hope of saluation for an helmet.
9 For God hath not appointed vs vnto wrath, but to obtaine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ,
10 Which died for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we should liue together with him.
11 Wherefore exhort one another, and edifie one another, euen as ye doe.
12 Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lord, and admonish you,
13 That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.
14 We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are out of order: comfort ye feeble minded: beare with the weake: be pacient toward all men.
15 See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer follow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.
16 Reioyce euermore.
17 Pray continually.
18 In all thinges giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus toward you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophecying.
21 Try all things, and keepe that which is good.
22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.
23 Nowe the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout: and I pray God that your whole spirite and soule and body, may be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
24 Faithfull is hee which calleth you, which will also doe it.
25 Brethren, pray for vs.
26 Greete all the brethren with an holy kisse.
27 I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read vnto all the brethren the Saintes.
28 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you, Amen. ‘The first Epistle vnto the Thessalonians written from Athens.’