1 Thessalonians 5:1-2
What is written? (ESV)
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
What does it say?
Now concerning the timing of the coming of the Lord we need not write further, since you know that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
What is its immediate context?
The closing admonitions of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians that begins back at the beginning of chapter four (“Finally, then, brothers…”). Apparently, they were concerned about some that had died before the final coming of Jesus (4:13). But Paul assures them that “whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him” (vs 10).
How 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 is applied across Bible answers
What ‘all truth’ did the apostles receive (John 16:13)?
The final "day of the Lord" was still unknown to Paul after he had taught the "spiritual truths"41314 that had been revealed from God.
What is the day of the Lord?
The day of the Lord in this context is the final coming of Christ (4:15).15
