1-Thessalonians 5:6 Themes and Topics

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest [of mankind] who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring with him. For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep. read more.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them into the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Then, immediately after the tribulation of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall the sign of the Son of man appear in the heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send forth his angels with a trumpet, and a great shout, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities of the same.

but in those days, after that distressing season, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not emit her light; and the stars of the heaven will be falling, and the powers that are in heaven will be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with vast power and glory. read more.
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather to him his elect from the four winds, from the extremity of the earth to the utmost bound of heaven.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ; as he hath elected us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love: having predestinated us for his adopted children by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, read more.
to the praise of the glory of his grace, whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one; in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded towards us with all wisdom and intelligence, having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in himself; at the dispensation of the fulness of the appointed times to gather together under one head all things in Christ, whether they be things in heaven or things in earth, in him: in whom also we have obtained our inheritance, predestinated according to the purpose of him who effectually worketh all things according to the counsel of his own will:

NOW concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I should write to you: for yourselves know precisely that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction rusheth upon them, as travail on a woman with child, and they shall in no wise escape. read more.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness. Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night; but let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we sleep, or whether we wake, we may live together with him. Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye do.

NOW we entreat you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him: that ye be not hastily agitated with apprehension, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by discourse, nor by letter, as coming from us, as though the day of the Lord was instantly approaching.

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness. Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this present day." Verse Concepts

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." Verse Concepts

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And thus do, knowing the time; for the hour is come that we should awake from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. Verse Concepts

Watch ye therefore; for ye know not at what time the master of the house cometh, at evening, or midnight, or cock-crowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you asleep.

Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Verse Concepts

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Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, prowleth around, seeking whom he may devour: Verse Concepts

Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy. Verse Concepts

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, but be filled with the Spirit; Verse Concepts

But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers. Verse Concepts

For, I say, by the grace which is given unto me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has divided to every one the measure of faith. Verse Concepts

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; Verse Concepts

For the grace of God which leads to salvation hath appeared unto all men, instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day;

NOW concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I should write to you: for yourselves know precisely that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction rusheth upon them, as travail on a woman with child, and they shall in no wise escape. read more.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness. Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober. For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night; but let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

but let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. Verse Concepts