Passage Research
1 Thessalonians 5 — Sermon Preparation
Paul warns that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night and calls believers to stay alert, closing with practical instructions for community life. Below is a research summary for 1 Thessalonians 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 Thessalonians 5 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀδελφός | adelphós | G80 | 7 | brother |
| καθεύδω | katheúdō | G2518 | 4 | sleep |
| νύξ | nýx | G3571 | 4 | night |
| ἡμέρα | hēméra | G2250 | 4 | age, alway, day ), for ever |
| νήφω | nḗphō | G3525 | 2 | be sober, watch |
| νουθετέω | nouthetéō | G3560 | 2 | admonish, warn |
| κλέπτης | kléptēs | G2812 | 2 | thief |
How preachers through history handled this text
23 public-domain excerpts on 1 Thessalonians 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The apostle prays that they might be sanctified more perfectly, for the best are sanctified but in part while in this world; therefore we should pray for, and press toward, complete holiness. And as we must fall, if God did not carry on his good work in the soul, we should pray to God to perfect his work, till we are presented faultless before the throne of his glory. We should pray for one another; and brethren should thus express brotherly love. This epistle was to be read to all the brethren. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Thessalonians 5:23–30 (Public Domain)
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