1 Thessalonians 5:1
But as to the times and the moments, there is no need, friends, for anyone to write to you.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
In Context
2You yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come just as a thief comes in the night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:3so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, “Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.”
Mark 13:30I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
2 Corinthians 9:1With reference, indeed, to the fund for your fellow Christians, it is quite superfluous for me to say anything to you.
Jude 1:3Dear friends, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common salvation, I felt that I must write to you at once to encourage you to fight in defense of the faith that has once for all been entrusted to the keeping of Christ’s people.
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 →