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1 Thessalonians

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But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. See also: Acts 1:7 Matthew 24:36 1 Thessalonians 4:9For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. See also: Revelation 16:15 2 Peter 3:10 Matthew 24:42-44For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape. See also: Luke 21:34-35 Matthew 24:37-39 Luke 17:26-30But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. See also: 1 John 2:8 Jeremiah 42:16 Colossians 1:13You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness, See also: Ephesians 5:8 Acts 26:18 John 12:36so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. See also: 1 Peter 1:13 Matthew 24:42 Luke 22:46For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. See also: Romans 13:13 2 Peter 2:13 1 Corinthians 15:34But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. See also: Romans 13:12-13 1 Peter 1:13 Ephesians 6:11For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, See also: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 1 Peter 2:10 2 Timothy 2:10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. See also: Romans 14:8-9 1 Peter 3:18 Ephesians 5:2Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do. See also: Ephesians 4:29 Romans 15:2 Hebrews 10:25But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, See also: Hebrews 13:17 Hebrews 13:7 1 Timothy 5:17-18and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves. See also: Mark 9:50 Hebrews 12:14 1 Corinthians 9:7-11We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all. See also: 2 Timothy 4:2 Romans 14:1 Acts 20:35See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all. See also: 1 Peter 3:9 Galatians 6:10 Leviticus 19:18Always rejoice. See also: Romans 12:12 Philippians 4:4 Matthew 5:12Pray without ceasing. See also: Romans 12:12 Colossians 4:2 Ephesians 6:18In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. See also: Ephesians 5:20 Philippians 4:6 Colossians 3:17Don’t quench the Spirit. See also: Ephesians 4:30 Acts 7:51 2 Timothy 1:6Don’t despise prophecies. See also: 1 Corinthians 14:3-6 1 Corinthians 14:1 1 Corinthians 11:4Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. See also: 1 John 4:1 Romans 12:2 Ephesians 5:10Abstain from every form of evil. See also: 2 Corinthians 6:3 Philippians 4:8 2 Corinthians 8:20-21May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. See also: Jude 1:24 1 Corinthians 1:8-9 Hebrews 4:12He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. See also: 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Numbers 23:19 Deuteronomy 7:9Brothers, pray for us. See also: Philippians 1:19 Hebrews 13:18-19 2 Corinthians 1:11Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. See also: Romans 16:16 1 Corinthians 16:20I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. See also: Colossians 4:16 2 Timothy 4:1 1 Timothy 1:3The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. See also: Romans 16:20 2 Thessalonians 3:18 Romans 16:23

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)10 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

1 Thessalonians 5:1

Ver. 1. Of the times and moments. That is, of the day of judgment, of the end of the world, of the destruction of Jerusalem. It is enough to know the time is uncertain, and that death cometh as a thief in the night. Wi. — When the judgment shall take place the Angels themselves do not know. Perhaps S.

Paul, when wrapt up to the third heaven, may have learnt something on this subject; for he was told many things which he could not announce to man; therefore, he says, I need not write to you: it is unnecessary for us to know it.

Calmet.

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1 Thessalonians 5:4

Ver. 4. Overtake you. It is a subject of astonishment, that some people are so childishly afraid of the last day, that they cannot think of it without consternation, lest it should happen in their time. Weak souls! Do they not recollect that death will certainly overtake them, and that will be to them individually the end of the world, and the last day. The whole world then does perish as far as regards them. A.

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1 Thessalonians 5:5

Ver. 5. You are the children of light. That is, there is little danger of thieves in the day time, when it is light. Also watch and have arms to defend you, the coat of mail of faith; the helmet of hope: you are under the protection of Christ, who died for you, and for your salvation. See S. Chrys. p. 293, &c. Wi.

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1 Thessalonians 5:8

Ver. 8. The Christian's panoply is not faith alone, but faith, hope and charity, as we see here.

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1 Thessalonians 5:10

Ver. 10. Whether we wake or sleep. That is, whether we be of the number of those whom Jesus Christ shall find still upon earth, when he shall come to judgment, or among those who have slept and returned to dust, it is his will that we should be his. Theodoret.

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1 Thessalonians 5:14

Ver. 14. Rebuke, or correct the unquiet.[1] By the Greek, it signifies the disorderly, or those that keep no order. Wi.

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1 Thessalonians 5:16

Ver. 16. Always rejoice. It is usual for S. Paul to recommend joy to the faithful.

Cheerfulness is indeed the characteristic of true virtue, which by no means consists in, nor encourages, sourness or moroseness, as some mistaken people imagine. God loves a cheerful giver. Sorrow, which is of this world, killeth. A.

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1 Thessalonians 5:19

Ver. 19. Do not oppose either the interior gifts of the holy Spirit, which are his graces, nor his exterior gifts of prophecy, &c. Take the regular precautions of prudence, that you be not deceived by those who pretend to be inspired; but when satisfied that the inspiration comes from heaven, do not despise it. Be like good bankers, take the good coin, and reject the counterfeit. S. Cyril Alex.

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1 Thessalonians 5:21

Ver. 21. Prove all things. That is, examine prophecies whether they be true, and the doctrine which you hear from new preachers, and refrain yourselves not only from evil, but from every thing that hath the appearance of evil, and which may disedify and scandalize others. Wi. — Hold that which is good. This we can best learn from the doctrine of the apostles, and the spirit of the Catholic Church. Men can deceive and be deceived, but the Spirit of God, speaking to us by his Church, can neither deceive us nor be deceived.

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1 Thessalonians 5:23

Ver. 23. Spirit, and soul. The former marks the understanding, the latter the will: hence these two terms give the two principal faculties of the soul. V.

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[1] V. 14. The unquiet: inquietos, ataktous, inordinatos, sine ordine et regula viventes.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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