1 Thessalonians 5:1
But concerning the times and seasons, my brethren, ye need not that I write to you:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night.
Cross References
Matthew 24:3And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world.
Mark 13:30Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, until all these things occur.
2 Corinthians 9:1And concerning the ministration by the saints, it would be superfluous for me to write to you:
Jude 1:3My beloved, while I take all pains to write to you of our common life, it is needful for me to write to you, exhorting you to maintain a conflict for the faith which was 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 →