1 Thessalonians 5:1
But, brethren, you have no need that I write to you of the times and seasons;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
In Context
2for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:
Cross References
Matthew 24:3And as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, and said: Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age?
Mark 13:30Verily I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all these things take place.
2 Corinthians 9:1For of the relief which is for the saints, it is needless for me to write to you.
Jude 1:3Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I thought it necessary to write to you, and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:1
The apostle, having spoken in the end of the foregoing chapter concerning the resurrection, and the second coming of Christ, proceeds to speak concerning the uselessness of enquiring after the particular time of Christ's coming, which would be sudden and terrible to the wicked, but comfortable to the saints, ver. 1-5 . He then exhorts them to the duties of watchfulness, sobriety, and the exercise of faith, love, and hope, as being suitable to their state, ver. 6-10 . In the next words he exhorts them to several… Read the whole commentary →