When? No man knows the day nor the hour, but the fact still remains that He WILL return. Are you ready for the return of Christ? We have been warned in scripture that there will be a second coming of Christ. Prv 20:22 Mt 5:38– 42 Rom 12:17.1 Thessalonians 5:2 - For you know perfectly that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. * Kiss: the holy embrace (see Rom 16:16 1 Cor 16:20 2 Cor 13:12 1 Pt 5:14) was a greeting of respect and affection, perhaps given during a liturgy at which Paul’s letter would have been read.ĭ. Rather, he looks to the wholeness of what may be called the supernatural and natural aspects of a person’s service of God. * Another possible translation is, “May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and sanctify your spirit fully, and may both soul and body be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” In either case, Paul is not offering an anthropological or philosophical analysis of human nature. * Paul’s buoyant encouragement of charismatic freedom sometimes occasioned excesses that he or others had to remedy (see 1 Cor 14 2 Thes 2:1– 15 2 Pt 3:1– 16). The essential element he urges is our indestructible personal union in Christ’s own life (see Rom 5:1– 10). Union with the crucified and risen Lord at his parousia is anticipated in some measure in contrasted states of our temporal life. * Characteristically, Paul plays on words suggesting ultimate and anticipated death and life. * Children of the light: that is, belonging to the daylight of God’s personal revelation and expected to achieve it (an analogous development of imagery that appears in Jn 12:36). * 27I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers.Ģ8The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. i 24The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it.Ģ6Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 23 * May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. h 19 * Do not quench the Spirit.Ĭoncluding Prayer. g 16Rejoice always.ġ8In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Be at peace among yourselves.ġ4We urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, cheer the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all.ġ5See that no one returns evil for evil rather, always seek what is good for each other and for all. 12We ask you, brothers, to respect those who are laboring among you and who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you,ġ3and to show esteem for them with special love on account of their work. * 11Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you do. e 9For God did not destine us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,ġ0who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him. d 7Those who sleep go to sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.ĨBut since we are of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet that is hope for salvation. We are not of the night or of darkness.ĦTherefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and sober. c 5For all of you are children of the light * and children of the day. b 3When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.ĤBut you, brothers, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. a 2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. 1Concerning times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be written to you.
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