“ Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. ”
Therefore let us no sleep, as do others - As the wicked world does; compare notes, Matthew 25:5 . But let us watch - That is, for the coming of the Lord. Let us regard it as an event which i...
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...
sleep . App-171. others . App-124. watch . See Matthew 24:42 . be sober . Greek. nepho. Here, 1Th 5:8. 2 Timothy 4:5 ; 1 Peter 1:13 . 1Pe 4:7. 1 Peter 5:8 .
6 Therefore let us not sleep. He adds other metaphors closely allied to the preceding one. For as he lately shewed that it were by no means seemly that they should be blind in the midst of li...
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...
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Let us not sleep, as do others - Let us who are of the day - who believe the Gospel and belong to Christ, not give way to a...
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Others, х hoi ( G3588 ) loipoi ( G3062 )] - 'the rest' of the world ( 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ). "Sleep" here is...
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 ).
Let us not sleep. — The metaphor here expresses not so much actual sin ( Ephesians 5:14 ) as carelessness in spiritual and moral things. “Let us not say, ‘Peace and safety,’ and resign ourselves...
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...
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...
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...
(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. (...
Therefore let us not sleep as do others .... As the rest of the Gentiles, as unconverted persons, who are in a state of darkness, and are children of the night; let us not act that part they do, or...
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Ver. 6. As do others ] What wonder that the Grecians live loosely? saith Chrysostom; but that Christians do so, this is...
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;...
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...
Watchfulness and Sobriety. A. D. 51. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let u...
The apostle draws this inference from the foregoing verses in a twofold duty: 1. Negative; Let us not sleep, as do others; sleep is not proper for the children of the day, but of the night. And a...
‘So then let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober, for those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night, but let us, since we are of the...
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 5:1-8 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 5:1-2 . 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 5:1 . 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...
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...
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...
The alertness and vigilance of the Christians:
1 Corinthians 15:34 ; 1 Corinthians 16:13 ; 1 Peter 1:13 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; 1 Peter 5:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:8 ; 1 Timothy 2:15 ; 1 Timothy 2:9 ; 1 Timothy 3:11 ; 1 Timothy 3:2 ; 2 Timothy 4:5...
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...
Awake, and keep awake — Being awakened, let us have all our spiritual senses about us.