‘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. But Christians, who are no longer under the power of darkness (Colossians 1:13), nor walking in darkness (John 8:12; 1 John 1:6) should be watching, that is living their lives in the light of His coming, and therefore will not be caught out.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 kle,pthj {A} The reading kle,ptaj, supported by three Alexandrian witnesses (A B copbo), appears to have arisen from scribal conformation to the preceding u`ma/j, resulting in nea...
Verse 1 Thessalonians 5:4. _BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS_] Probably St. Paul refers to a notion that was very prevalent among the Jews, viz.: that God would judge the _Gentiles_ in the _nigh...
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, whe...
V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12) 3. Conclusions 1 Thes
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...
You have no need, brothers, that anything should be written to you about the times and seasons; for you yourselves well know that, as a thief in the night, so the day of the Lord comes. When they are...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. OVERTAKE. Greek. _katalambano._ See John 1:5....
Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro
Section VI. (continued): 1 Thessalonians 5:1 The first part of this Chapter stands in close connection with the last six verses of ch. 4. Together they form the most distinctive and the weightiest se...
_But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that_that _day should overtake you as a thief_ Properly, THE DAY the great Day, the "day of the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 5:2); comp. the other elliptical phrase,...
§ 9. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. The Coming of the Day The second misgiving of the Thessalonians respecting the παρουσία (see _Introd._ to § 8, and general _Introd._ p. xxxvi.) was closely connected with...
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DISCOURSE: 2203 WATCHFULNESS ENJOINED 1 Thessalonians 5:1. 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 come...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:4) 4 BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF: Translation and Paraphrase 4. But you, brothers, are not in (the) darkness (like th...
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) (Ephesians 4...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING THOSE DROWSING 4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us. The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should be on t...
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)....
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 5 WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11 V1 Now, brothers and s...
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 to...
CHAPTER 12 THE DAY OF THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 5:1 (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 addresses h...
περὶ τῶν χρόνων καὶ τῶν καιρῶν....
From the sudden and unexpected nature of the Last Day, Paul passes, by a characteristic inversion of metaphor in κλέπτας, to a play of thought upon the day as light. A double symbolism of ἡμέρα, as of...
READY FOR “THE DAY OF THE LORD” 1 Thessalonians 5:1 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 it were...
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 are...
TRUE BELIEVERS ARE PREPARED God's people do not live in the darkness of wickedness but in the light of righteousness (Colossians 1:13; 1 Peter 2:9). Christians belong to the realm of light because the...
(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 n...
_Overtake you. It is a subject of astonishment, that some people are so childishly afraid of the last day, that they cannot think of it without consternation, lest it should happen in their time. Weak...
(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...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
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 of _day _...
The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
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 darknes...
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 fro...
_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; _s...
YE; Christians. NOT IN DARKNESS; the darkness of ignorance and sin. They had been enlightened by the reception of the truth. SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU; surprise you in an unprepared state, as a thief does...
The alertness and vigilance of the Christians:...
BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF....
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 a...
D. The certainty of Christ's coming, 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 a...
“BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS. THIEF” “But yet”: In contrast to the unbelievers. “ARE NOT IN DARKNESS”: The Christian is no longer in spiritual darkness...
1-5 It is needless or useless to ask about the particular time of Christ's coming. Christ did not reveal this to the apostles. There are times and seasons for us to work in, and these are our duty an...
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 th...
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake [surprise]_ you as a thief_ :...
Tertullian On Modesty Nay, but this whole world is the one house of all; in which world it is more the heathen, who is found in darkness, whom the grace of God enlightens, than the Christian, who is...
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1 Thessalonians 5:4. BUT YE, BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF. There is nothing appalling to the Christian, in the suddenness of the Lord's coming, for to th...
_Exhortation to Sobriety and Watchfulness, founded in the Suddenness of the Lord's Coming, and on their Character as Children of Light._ Having spoken so definitely of the Lord's coming, Paul anticipa...
AS A THIEF (ως κλεπτης). As in verse 1 Thessalonians 5:2, but A B Bohairic have κλεπτας (thieves), turning the metaphor round....
1 Thessalonians 5:1 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 who are...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _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._ It...
CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in cons...
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 churc...
THE DAY SHOULD NOT TAKE YOU BY SURPRISE. Darkness is symbolic of ignorance. Christians are instructed in truth, and will not be caught unprepared. [If they obey Hebrews 6:1-3.]...
_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 modern...
_But ye, brethren, are not in darkness _ RESPONSIBILITY FOR RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES It is universally admitted that the extent of our responsibility is to be measured by the amount of our privilege. H...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 BUT YOU. Christians will not face destruction on judgment day. ⇐...
_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 Lord in...
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 instructed. T...
But of the times and seasons, brethren, you 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. For when they shall say, Peace...
1 John 2:8; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Colossians 1:13; Deuteronomy 19:
Overtake [κ α τ α λ α β η]. See on comprehended, John 1:5. A thief [κ λ ε π τ η ς]. Tischendorf, Weiss, and Rev. T. retain this reading. Westcott and Hort read kleptav thieves, but with klepthv in ma...
THE LORD'S COMING 1 Thessalonians 5:1 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 may hear...
Ye are not in darkness — Sleeping secure in sin....
Note here, the wisdom and holy caution of our apostle in his application to the Thessalonians; he had in the foregoing verses asserted the certainty and suddenness of Christ's coming, namely, to destr...