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Readiness, Not Timetables
Commentators agree that Paul's statement is not an evasion but a redirection. He shifts the focus from speculating about the exact 'times and seasons' of Christ's return to the more vital matter of being spiritually prepared. The key takeaway is not to create a prophetic calendar but to cultivate a state of constant readiness, as the exact time is intentionally kept secret by God.
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1 Thessalonians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1
18th Century
Theologian
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5
ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER
This chapter consists of two parts.
- The continuation of the subject of the…
AT Robertson
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1
But concerning the times and the seasons (περ δε των χρονων κα των καιρων). See both words used also in Tit 1:2f. Χρονος is rather…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1
19th Century
Bishop
But of the times.—The fourth subject of instruction; the bearing of the doctrine of the Advent upon the Christian’s own l…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so co…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1
With the perplexity about the dead in Christ resolved, Paul turns to a new subject, yet not one completely distinct from the previous one. The dire…
John Calvin
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1
16th Century
Theologian
But as to times. He now, in the third place, calls them back from a curious and unprofitable inquiry regarding times, but in the …
John Gill
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1
17th Century
Pastor
But of the times and the seasons, brethren
Of the coming of Christ, his "appointed time" and "his day", as the Ethio…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5
17th Century
Minister
It is needless or useless to ask about the particular time of Christ's coming. Christ did not reveal this to the apostles. There are times and seas…