1 Thessalonians 5:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I chargec you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. ”

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I charge you by the Lord - Margin, “adjure.” Greek, “I put you under oath by the Lord” - ενορκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν Κύριον enorkizō humas ton Kurion. It is equivalent to binding persons by an oa...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Conclusion. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 . The closing benediction commending the Thessalonian Christians to God. spirit and soul and body: if we press the phrase, human nature is threefold, consisting...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

charge . Greek. orkizo. See Acts 19:13 , but the texts read enorkizo, which occ only here. this . the. holy . Most texts omit.
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

27 I adjure you by the Lord. It is not certain whether he feared that, as often happened, spiteful and envious persons would suppress the Epistle, or whether he wished to provide against anot...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. I charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read - There must have been some particular reason for this solemn charge...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I charge you by the Lord, &c.— This was in the nature of a solemn oath, which the apostle upon occasion used himself, and by which he here obliges the Thessalonians. See Joshua 6:26 . Matth...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. I charge, х enorkizoo (G1774a)] - 'I adjure you.' Read unto all - namely, publicly in the congregation....
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I charge you. — Adjure is much nearer the original word, which is as solemn as can be. What is the cause of such awful solemnity? The question has never been very satisfactorily answered. It cert...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 CONCLUSION 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 (R.V.) THESE verses open with a contrast to what precedes, which is more strongly brought out in the original than in the translation. The Apostle...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Without Blame” at His Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who,...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(24) Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (25) Brethren, pray for us. (26) Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. (27) I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I charge you by the Lord ,.... Or "I adjure by the Lord"; by the Lord Jesus: it is in the form of an oath, and a very solemn one; and shows that oaths may be used on certain and solemn occasions:...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. Ver. 27. That this epistle be read ] It is a matter of greatest necessity and importance that the Holy Scriptures be...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I charge you Greek, ορκιζω υμας, I adjure you , that is, I lay you under the obligation of an oath; that this epistle The first he wrote; be read to all the holy brethren Namely, of your churc...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Prayer for the Thessalonians. A. D. 51. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you who...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; The apostle having now finished the Epistle, lays a solemn charge upon them all, especially their elders and teachers, to have this Epistle published. He now being himself hindered from prea...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brethren.' The change to the first person probably indicates the point at which Paul took up the pen himself to authenticate the letter....
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:25-28 Closing Words. I. An important request. —“Brethren, pray for us” ( 1 Thessalonians 5:25 ). The most gifted saints have need of the pr...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 I. There is much of instruction and comfort in this Apostolic prayer. The blessing prayed for is that the Thessalonian converts may be sanctified wholly, that their spirit...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - 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 5:27 - 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 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

I charge you by the Lord that this Epistle be read unto all the holy brethren The authority of St. Paul’s Epistles This is by implication a remarkable ecclesiastical sanction claimed for this...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - 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 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concluding greetings:
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:16 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Timothy 1:18 ; 1 Timothy 1:3 ; 1 Timothy 5:21 ; 1 Timothy 5:7 ; 1 Timothy 6:13 ; 1 Timothy 6:17 ; 2 Chronicles 18:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:14 ; 2 Tim...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God'...
1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I charge you by the Lord — Christ, to whom proper divine worship is here paid. That this epistle — The first he wrote. Be read to all the brethren — That is, in all the churches. They might have co...

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes