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

“ Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. ”

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

Ye are all the children of light - All who are Christians. The phrase” children of light” is a Hebraism, meaning that they were the enlightened children of God. And the children of the day -...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . App-108. light . App-130. nor . Greek. oude .
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Ye are all the children of light - Ye are children of God, and enjoy both his light and life....
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye are all the children of light,— Having compared our Lord's sudden and unexpected appearance to the coming of a thief in the night, he takes up the comparison again, 1 Thessalonians 5:4 and pur...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'FOR ye are all,' etc. Ye have no reason for...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye are all. — St. Paul recognises no exceptions, no inner distinctions, among the members of the Church: all stand alike so far as grace, privileges, and duties are concerned. The following exhorta...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye are all children of light ,.... Or enlightened persons, whose understandings were enlightened by the spirit of God, to see their lost state by nature, the exceeding sinfulness of sin, the insuffi...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Ver. 5. We are not of the night, &c. ] Alexander willed that the Grecians and barbaria...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And because the night is the time of darkness, and the day of light, he therefore hereby describes their present state: 1. Positively: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For you are all sons of light, and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.' In contrast to those who are in darkness, Christians are ‘sons of light' and ‘sons of the day'. To be s...
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

Acts 26:18 ; Ephesians 5:8 ; John 12:36 ; Luke 16:8
1 Thessalonians 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

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

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary