1 Thessalonians 5:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ”

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief - The allusion here is to the manner in which a thief or robber accomplishes his purpose. He comes in the night...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. (2) Returning to exhortations, he warns us who are enlightened with the knowledge of God, that it is our duty...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

that . in order that. Greek. hina . overtake . Greek. katalambano. See John 1:5 .
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 But ye, brethren. He now admonishes them as to what is the duty of believers, that they look forward in hope to that day, though it be remote. And this is what is intended in the metaphor o...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2203 WATCHFULNESS ENJOINED 1 Thessalonians 5:1-8 . 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 Lor...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness - Probably St. Paul refers to a notion that was very prevalent among the Jew...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Not in darkness - of understanding (i:e., spiritual ignorance), or of the moral nature (i:e., sin) ( Ephes...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But ye. — “Though the world (which lieth in darkness) may be surprised at the coming of the Day, you, members of the Church, living in the light, cannot be surprised.” The words “in darkness” seem...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness ,.... In a state of unregeneracy, which is a state of darkness, blindness, and ignorance, and which is the condition of all men by nature; they are born in dark...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ver. 4. Should overtake you as a thief ] Though it come upon you as a thief in a time uncertain. Free you are...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But ye, brethren, are not As formerly; in darkness In a state of gross ignorance respecting these and all other divine things; that that awful day Or the day of death, introductory thereto;...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Coming of Christ. A. D. 51. 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lest these believing Thessalonians should be terrified in their minds by this discourse, he adds this by way of comfort to them, that they shall not be surprised as others; though they did not know t...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief.' The day overtakes these people because they are in darkness. They are asleep in the wrong sense. Bu...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:1-8 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 w...
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:8 ; 1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; Colossians 1:13 ; Deuteronomy 19:6 ; Deuteronomy 28:15 ; Deuteronomy 28:45 ; Hosea 10:9 ; Jeremiah 42:16 ; Romans 13:11-13 ; Zechariah 1:6
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye are not in darkness — Sleeping secure in sin.

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 5:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes