1st Thessalonians Chapter 5 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV 1stThessalonians 5:1

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
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BBE 1stThessalonians 5:1

But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.
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DARBY 1stThessalonians 5:1

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to,
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KJV 1stThessalonians 5:1

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
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WBT 1stThessalonians 5:1


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WEB 1stThessalonians 5:1

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
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YLT 1stThessalonians 5:1

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - This verse is connected with what precedes. The apostle was comforting the Thessalonians under the loss of their deceased friends by the assurance that both the living and the dead would be gathered together at the advent. The question would naturally arise, "When shall these things be?" (Luke 21:7); and it would appear that the Thessalonians expected an immediate advent. The apostle represses their curiosity on this point by reminding them of the uncertainty of the time of the Lord's coming. But of the times and the seasons, brethren; that is, of the time and the precise period of the Lord's advent. "Times" and "seasons" are elsewhere united together (Ecclesiastes 3; Daniel 2:21; Acts 1:7). The word translated "times" denotes time absolutely without regard to circumstances; and the word rendered "seasons" denotes a definite point of time; not merely the day, but the hour (Mark 13:32). Ye have no need that I write unto you; literally, that ought be written unto you (R.V.); comp. 1 Thessalonians 4:9. The reason why it was not needful for the apostle to write unto them was, not because he regarded the information unprofitable or superfluous, or because he knew it to be impossible, but because he had already informed them when at Thessalonica that the time of the advent was beyond the sphere of his teaching. The apostle mentions this to repress that vain curiosity which is natural to man, and which was the occasion of so much disorder among the Thessalonians. Our duty is, not to pry into the times and seasons which the Father hath put in his own power (Acts 1:7), but to exercise constant watchfulness.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersV.(1) But of the times.--The fourth subject of instruction; the bearing of the doctrine of the Advent upon the Christian's own life. "Times and seasons" is a Hebraism, and in the original, the second word, not the first, is the more explicit: we should say, "About day and hour." The plural seems to mean the different periods at which men might conceive the Advent likely to come.Ye have no need.--The next verse shows that this paragraph is not so much intended for an answer to a false theory about the time of the Advent, as practically to cure the restlessness common at Thessalonica.