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But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5
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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…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
But as to times. He now, in the third place, calls them back from a curious and unprofitable inquiry regarding times, but in the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But of the times and the seasons, brethren Of the coming of Christ, his "appointed time" and "his day", as the Ethio…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
In what he had written before, Paul corrected the Thessalonians in matters that needed improvement, and now he begins to instruct them about the fu…
