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    1 Thessalonians · 28 verses

    1 Thessalonians 5

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    The letter orders its own public reading, asks for a holy kiss, and only then departs with grace.

    The day and its armourvv. 1–11

    The Day of the Lord arrives with the manners of a thief and the timing of labor pains: sudden, unwelcome, and not especially interested in anyone’s calendar. Yet the brothers are called sons of light and day, equipped rather splendidly with a breastplate of faith and love and a helmet made of hope. Jesus died so that the awake and the asleep might live together with Him; the proper response is to encourage and build one another up.

    The household instructionsvv. 12–22

    The letter turns from cosmic timing to the rather more local business of living alongside fellow believers. The diligent are to be honoured, the unruly admonished, the fainthearted encouraged, the weak helped, and everyone met with patience—a full little parish register of temperaments. Then come the compact commands: rejoice, pray, give thanks, leave the Spirit alight, test prophecies, keep what is good, and abstain from evil.

    A prayer, a kiss, and an ordervv. 23–28

    The closing prayer asks the God of peace to sanctify the whole person—spirit, soul, and body—without leaving even one compartment unattended. Then the letter becomes wonderfully practical: prayer is requested, every brother is to receive a holy kiss, and the letter itself is to be read aloud to all the brothers. After this formal charge, grace gets the final word.

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    1. 1 Thess 5:1Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.

    2. 1 Thess 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

    3. 1 Thess 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

    4. 1 Thess 5:4But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

    5. 1 Thess 5:5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

    6. 1 Thess 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

    7. 1 Thess 5:7For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

    8. 1 Thess 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

    9. 1 Thess 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

    10. 1 Thess 5:10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

    11. 1 Thess 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

    12. 1 Thess 5:12But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.

    13. 1 Thess 5:13In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

    14. 1 Thess 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

    15. 1 Thess 5:15Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

    16. 1 Thess 5:16Rejoice at all times.

    17. 1 Thess 5:17Pray without ceasing.

    18. 1 Thess 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

    19. 1 Thess 5:19Do not extinguish the Spirit.

    20. 1 Thess 5:20Do not treat prophecies with contempt,

    21. 1 Thess 5:21but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

    22. 1 Thess 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.

    23. 1 Thess 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    24. 1 Thess 5:24The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.

    25. 1 Thess 5:25Brothers, pray for us as well.

    26. 1 Thess 5:26Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

    27. 1 Thess 5:27I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

    28. 1 Thess 5:28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 527 passages were voted onto 28 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 18Ephesians 5:20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    • 17Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
    • 17Colossians 4:2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
    • 18Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
    • 18Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
    • 17Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
    • 17Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
    • 18Hebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
    • 17Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
    • 11Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
    • 16Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
    • 171 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
    • 18Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
    • 23Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
    • 19Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
    • 11Romans 15:2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

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