that. in order that. Greek. hina.
overtake. Greek. katalambano. See John 1:5.
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 robb...
(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 enlighte...
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 ( Mat...
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 remo...
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...
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...
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Not in darkness - of understanding (i:e., spiritual igno...
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 (...
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, c...
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,...
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...
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, t...
(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 th...
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 con...
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...
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...
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 wri...
The Coming of Christ. A. D. 51. 1 But of the...
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...
‘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 i...
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 cat...
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 it...
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 d...
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 disp...
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 comi...
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness Responsibility for religious privileges It is universally admitted that the extent of our responsibility...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Chri...
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief.
The alertness and vigilance of the Christians:
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...
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...
Ye are not in darkness — Sleeping secure in sin.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.