Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18
1 Thessalonians SMALL DUTIES AND THE GREAT HOPE 1Th_4:9-18 . ‘But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2. For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.’-- 1Th_5:1-2 . This letter was written immediately on the arrival of Silas and Timothy in Corinth 1Th_3:6 , ‘even now’, and is all flushed with the gladness of relieved anxiety, and throbs with love. It gains in pathetic interest when we remember that,... read more
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
III1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11Instruction and Exhortation in regard to the Coming of the Lord1 Thessalonians 4:13-181. They who have fallen asleep will rise again, and so at the Lord’s Advent will suffer no loss13But I would [we would]43 not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep [those who are falling asleep],44 that ye sorrows45 not, even as others [the rest also]46 which [who] have no hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again... read more