1 Thessalonians 5:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. ”

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who died for us - That is, to redeem us. He designed by his death that we should ultimately live with him; and this effect of his death could be secured only as it was an atoning sacrifice. Wh...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. (5) The death of Christ is a pledge of our victory, for he died so that we might be partakers of his life of po...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 sudden...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wake . watch. together. Greek. hama , as in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 .
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Who died. From the design of Christ’s death he confirms what he has said, for if he died with this view — that he might make us partakers of his life, there is no reason why we should be i...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Who died for us - His death was an atoning sacrifice for the Gentiles as well as for the Jews. Whether we wake or s...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who died for us,— The Apostles lay a great stress upon this,—that Christ not onlywas incarnate, but died also to save the penitent, believing, and obedient; and therefore he has a just claim to our...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Dead for us, х huper ( G5228 )] - 'in our behalf.' So that we need have no doubt of the certainty of our...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 3:3-4 ).
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who died for us. — Not a mere pious recollection of a fact which has nothing to do with the context, but an account of the way by which Christ made it possible for us to set about earning salvation...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 THE DAY OF THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (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 ad...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ready for “the Day of the Lord” 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 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...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ar...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (5) Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. (...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who died for us ,.... The elect of God, who are not appointed to wrath, but to salvation by Christ, on which account he died for them; not merely as a martyr to confirm his doctrine, or only by way...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Ver. 10. Whether we wake or sleep ] That is, live or die, our souls cannot miscarry; because God will have out t...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For they that sleep, sleep in the night , &c. Night is the time for sleep, and they that are guilty of drunkenness, gluttony, and other vices of intemperance, generally choose to hide them under...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Watchfulness and Sobriety. A. D. 51. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let u...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Some refer these words to the latter end of the foregoing chapter, where the apostle had spoken of the saints death and resurrection, which is their sleeping and waking, as they are here called. And...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep we should live together with him.' Having stated the fact of salvation Paul now declares the basis. It is because our Lord Jesus Christ died for us th...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Lor...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 God's Appointment concerning Man. I. Note, first, the persons in whose favour God's appointment is made. They are believers in Jesus. Salvation is limited to faith in Chris...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 . 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....
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ch...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 moder...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 instr...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The alertness and vigilance of the Christians:
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:3 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:17 ; 1 Timothy 2:6 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; John 10:11 ; John...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Lord's Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 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...
1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whether we wake or sleep — Be alive or dead at his coming.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes