Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 1 Thessalonians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:13 JFB -> Commentary on 4:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:13 PNT -> Commentary on 4:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:13 TSK -> Commentary on 4:13 TSK -> Entry for 4:13 WEN -> Notes on 4:13 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Bereavement; Death; Immortality TTT -> Death of Saints, The EBD -> Hope; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:13 4:13 - [In Context] And now, brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to the Christians who have died so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:14 JFB -> Commentary on 4:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:14 PNT -> Commentary on 4:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:14 TSK -> Commentary on 4:14 TSK -> Entry for 4:14 WEN -> Notes on 4:14 NTB -> Bereavement; Death; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Resurrection; Sleep TTT -> Affliction, Consolation under; Death of Saints, The EBD -> Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of; Resurrection of the dead SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:14 SPG -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 TV -> Devotional using 4:14 4:14 - [In Context] For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus comes, God will bring back with Jesus all the Christians who have died.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:15 JFB -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:15 PNT -> Commentary on 4:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:15 TSK -> Commentary on 4:15 TSK -> Entry for 4:15 WEN -> Notes on 4:15 NTB -> Bereavement; Death; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous TTT -> Death of Saints, The EBD -> Coming of Christ; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:15 4:15 - [In Context] I can tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:16 JFB -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:16 PNT -> Commentary on 4:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:16 TSK -> Commentary on 4:16 TSK -> Entry for 4:16 WEN -> Notes on 4:16 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Angel (a spirit); Archangel; Bereavement; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Resurrection; Righteous; Trumpet TTT -> Angels; Death of Saints, The; Resurrection, The; Second Coming of Christ, The; Trumpet EBD -> Angel; Archangel; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 4:16 - [In Context] For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:17 JFB -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:17 PNT -> Commentary on 4:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:17 TSK -> Commentary on 4:17 TSK -> Entry for 4:17 WEN -> Notes on 4:17 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Bereavement; Death; Heaven; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous TTT -> Death of Saints, The; Resurrection, The; Reward of Saints, The; Second Coming of Christ, The EBD -> Air; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:17 SPG -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 4:17 - [In Context] Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:18 JFB -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:18 PNT -> Commentary on 4:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:18 TSK -> Commentary on 4:18 TSK -> Entry for 4:18 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Bereavement; Communion; Fellowship; Immortality; Righteous TTT -> Afflicted, Duty toward the; Affliction, Consolation under; Communion of Saints; Death of Saints, The EBD -> Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:18 4:18 - [In Context] So comfort and encourage each other with these words.
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:1 JFB -> Commentary on 5:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:1 PNT -> Commentary on 5:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:1 TSK -> Commentary on 5:1 TSK -> Entry for 5:1 WEN -> Notes on 5:1 NTB -> Seasons EBD -> Brother; Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:1 5:1 - [In Context] I really don't need to write to you about how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters. F11
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:2 JFB -> Commentary on 5:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:2 PNT -> Commentary on 5:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:2 TSK -> Commentary on 5:2 TSK -> Entry for 5:2 WEN -> Notes on 5:2 NTB -> Day; Escape; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Procrastination TTT -> Night; Second Coming of Christ, The EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:2 5:2 - [In Context] For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:3 JFB -> Commentary on 5:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:3 PNT -> Commentary on 5:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:3 TSK -> Commentary on 5:3 TSK -> Entry for 5:3 WEN -> Notes on 5:3 NTB -> Confidence; Death; Escape; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Procrastination; Self-Delusion; Wicked (People) TTT -> Punishment of the Wicked, The; Second Coming of Christ, The; Self-delusion EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:3 5:3 - [In Context] When people are saying, "All is well; everything is peaceful and secure," then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman's birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:4 JFB -> Commentary on 5:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:4 PNT -> Commentary on 5:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:4 TSK -> Commentary on 5:4 TSK -> Entry for 5:4 WEN -> Notes on 5:4 NTB -> Blindness; Darkness; Righteous; Watchfulness; Wisdom TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:4 5:4 - [In Context] But you aren't in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won't be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:5 JFB -> Commentary on 5:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:5 PNT -> Commentary on 5:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:5 TSK -> Commentary on 5:5 TSK -> Entry for 5:5 WEN -> Notes on 5:5 NTB -> Blindness; Darkness; Holiness; Light; Night; Righteous; Wicked (People); Wisdom TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Darkness; Day; Titles and Names of Saints EBD -> Child; Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:5 5:5 - [In Context] For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don't belong to darkness and night.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:6 JFB -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:6 PNT -> Commentary on 5:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:6 TSK -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Entry for 5:6 WEN -> Notes on 5:6 NTB -> Blindness; Commandments; Sobriety; Temperance; War; Watchfulness; Wicked (People) TTT -> Sobriety; Warfare of Saints; Watchfulness EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Kiss PWP -> Devotional using 5:6 SPG -> Devotional using 5:6 TV -> Devotional using 5:6 TV -> Devotional using 5:6 5:6 - [In Context] So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:7 JFB -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:7 PNT -> Commentary on 5:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:7 TSK -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Entry for 5:7 WEN -> Notes on 5:7 NTB -> Blindness; Drunkenness; Temperance; Wicked (People) TTT -> Watchfulness EBD -> Drunk; Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:7 5:7 - [In Context] Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:8 JFB -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:8 PNT -> Commentary on 5:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:8 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:8 TSK -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Entry for 5:8 WEN -> Notes on 5:8 NTB -> Armor; Breastplate; Commandments; Day; Drunkenness; Faith; Helmet; Hope; Love; Salvation; Sobriety; Temperance; War; Wicked (People) TTT -> Arms, Military; Breastplate; Day; Faith; Hope; Sobriety; Warfare of Saints EBD -> Drunk; Helmet; Peter, Second Epistle of; War PWP -> Devotional using 5:8 5:8 - [In Context] But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:9 JFB -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:9 PNT -> Commentary on 5:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:9 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:9 TSK -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Entry for 5:9 WEN -> Notes on 5:9 NTB -> Atonement; Death; Fellowship; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Salvation; Suffering TTT -> Salvation EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:9 TV -> Devotional using 5:9 TV -> Devotional using 5:9 5:9 - [In Context] For God decided to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:10 JFB -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:10 PNT -> Commentary on 5:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:10 TSK -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Entry for 5:10 WEN -> Notes on 5:10 NTB -> Atonement; Death; Fellowship; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Salvation; Suffering TTT -> Death of Christ, The EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:10 TV -> Devotional using 5:10 TV -> Devotional using 5:10 5:10 - [In Context] He died for us so that we can live with him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of his return.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 5:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 5:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 5:11 JFB -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:11 PNT -> Commentary on 5:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 5:11 TSK -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Entry for 5:11 WEN -> Notes on 5:11 NTB -> Communion; Fellowship; Love; Righteous TTT -> Affliction, Consolation under; Communion of Saints; Edification; Missionaries, all Christians should be as EBD -> Peter, Second Epistle of PWP -> Devotional using 5:11 TV -> Devotional using 5:11 TV -> Devotional using 5:11 TV -> Devotional using 5:11 5:11 - [In Context] So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
FOOTNOTES: F11: Greek brothers; also in 5:4, 12, 14, 25, 26, 27.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.