1 Thessalonians 5:1
But concerning the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write to you;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 well, that the day of the Lord is so coming like a thief in the night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:3And He sitting upon the Mount of Olives; the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age?
Mark 13:30Truly I say unto you, this race may not pass away, until all these things may be fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 9:1For indeed concerning the ministry which is to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you.
Jude 1:3Beloved, making all haste to write to you concerning our common salvation, I had need to write to you, exhorting you to agonize for the faith which was once 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 →