1 Thessalonians 5:1
And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,
Young's Literal Translation
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 have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,
Cross References
Matthew 24:3And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'
Mark 13:30Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;
2 Corinthians 9:1For, indeed, concerning the ministration that [is] for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you,
Jude 1:3Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize 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 →