1 Thessalonians 5:1
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
American Standard Version
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 yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:3And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Mark 13:30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.
2 Corinthians 9:1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
Jude 1:3Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto 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 →