1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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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 suddenness of the Parousia is emphasized.

1 Thessalonians 5:5. sons of light: a Hebraism, meaning those who have been enlightened.

1 Thessalonians 5:8. breastplate: cf. with this passage the fuller description of the Christian's armour in Ephesians 6:13-20.

1 Thessalonians 5:10. wake or sleep: i.e. whether we are alive or dead when the Parousia takes place.

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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.

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

11 Wherefore comforta yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.