Bible Chapter Summary
1 Thessalonians 5 Summary
Readiness for the Day of the Lord
Paul instructs the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night, with sudden destruction upon those who cry peace and safety, yet the believers are not in darkness that the day should overtake them as a thief. Being children of light and of the day, they must be sober and watchful, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of the hope of salvation. Paul assures them that God has not appointed them to wrath but to obtain salvation by Christ, and commands them to comfort and edify one another, exhorting the unruly, comforting the feebleminded, and supporting the weak.
Key themes
Key verses
1 Thessalonians 5:2
“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”
1 Thessalonians 5:5
“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
1 Thessalonians 5:8
“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.”
1 Thessalonians 5:18
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
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