1 περι δε των χρονων και των καιρων αδελφοι ου χρειαν εχετε υμιν γραφεσθαι 2 αυτοι γαρ ακριβωσ οιδατε οτι η ημερα κυριου ωσ κλεπτησ εν νυκτι ουτωσ ερχεται 3 οταν γαρ λεγωσιν ειρηνη και ασφαλεια τοτε αιφνιδιοσ αυτοισ εφισταται ολεθροσ ωσπερ η ωδιν τη εν γαστρι εχουση και ου μη εκφυγωσιν 4 υμεισ δε αδελφοι ουκ εστε εν σκοτει ινα η ημερα υμασ ωσ κλεπτησ καταλαβη 5 παντεσ υμεισ υιοι φωτοσ εστε και υιοι ημερασ ουκ εσμεν νυκτοσ ουδε σκοτουσ 6 αρα ουν μη καθευδωμεν ωσ και οι λοιποι αλλα γρηγορωμεν και νηφωμεν 7 οι γαρ καθευδοντεσ νυκτοσ καθευδουσιν και οι μεθυσκομενοι νυκτοσ μεθυουσιν 8 ημεισ δε ημερασ οντεσ νηφωμεν ενδυσαμενοι θωρακα πιστεωσ και αγαπησ και περικεφαλαιαν ελπιδα σωτηριασ 9 οτι ουκ εθετο ημασ ο θεοσ εισ οργην αλλ εισ περιποιησιν σωτηριασ δια του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου 10 του αποθανοντοσ υπερ ημων ινα ειτε γρηγορωμεν ειτε καθευδωμεν αμα συν αυτω ζησωμεν 11 διο παρακαλειτε αλληλουσ και οικοδομειτε εισ τον ενα καθωσ και ποιειτε 12 ερωτωμεν δε υμασ αδελφοι ειδεναι τουσ κοπιωντασ εν υμιν και προισταμενουσ υμων εν κυριω και νουθετουντασ υμασ 13 και ηγεισθαι αυτουσ υπερ εκπερισσου εν αγαπη δια το εργον αυτων ειρηνευετε εν εαυτοισ 14 παρακαλουμεν δε υμασ αδελφοι νουθετειτε τουσ ατακτουσ παραμυθεισθε τουσ ολιγοψυχουσ αντεχεσθε των ασθενων μακροθυμειτε προσ παντασ 15 ορατε μη τισ κακον αντι κακου τινι αποδω αλλα παντοτε το αγαθον διωκετε και εισ αλληλουσ και εισ παντασ 16 παντοτε χαιρετε 17 αδιαλειπτωσ προσευχεσθε 18 εν παντι ευχαριστειτε τουτο γαρ θελημα θεου εν χριστω ιησου εισ υμασ 19 το πνευμα μη σβεννυτε 20 προφητειασ μη εξουθενειτε 21 παντα δε δοκιμαζετε το καλον κατεχετε 22 απο παντοσ ειδουσ πονηρου απεχεσθε 23 αυτοσ δε ο θεοσ τησ ειρηνησ αγιασαι υμασ ολοτελεισ και ολοκληρον υμων το πνευμα και η ψυχη και το σωμα αμεμπτωσ εν τη παρουσια του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου τηρηθειη 24 πιστοσ ο καλων υμασ οσ και ποιησει 25 αδελφοι προσευχεσθε περι ημων 26 ασπασασθε τουσ αδελφουσ παντασ εν φιληματι αγιω 27 ορκιζω υμασ τον κυριον αναγνωσθηναι την επιστολην πασιν τοισ αγιοισ αδελφοισ 28 η χαρισ του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου μεθ υμων αμην
1 Thessalonians · Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
Cross references (28)
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- 1 Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Matthew 24:36; Matthew 24:3; Mark 13:30–32
- 2 Revelation 16:15; 2 Peter 3:10; Matthew 24:42–44; Revelation 3:3; Matthew 25:13
- 3 Luke 21:34–35; Matthew 24:37–39; Luke 17:26–30; Revelation 18:7–8; Psalm 73:18–20
- 4 1 John 2:8; Jeremiah 42:16; 1 Peter 2:9–10; Deuteronomy 28:15; Colossians 1:13
- 5 Ephesians 5:8; Acts 26:18; John 12:36; Luke 16:8
- 6 1 Peter 1:13; Matthew 24:42; Luke 22:46; 1 Peter 5:8; Romans 13:11–14
- 7 Romans 13:13; 2 Peter 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Acts 2:15; Daniel 5:4–5
- 8 Romans 13:12–13; 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:11; Isaiah 59:17; Hebrews 10:35–36
- 9 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Peter 2:10; 2 Timothy 2:10; Acts 13:48; Proverbs 16:4
- 10 Romans 14:8–9; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Ephesians 5:2; Matthew 20:28
- 11 Ephesians 4:29; Romans 15:2; Hebrews 10:25; Hebrews 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:18
- 12 Hebrews 13:17; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Timothy 5:17–18; 1 Corinthians 16:18; 1 Corinthians 16:16
- 13 Mark 9:50; Hebrews 12:14; Galatians 6:6; James 3:18; John 13:34–35
- 14 2 Timothy 4:2; Romans 14:1; Acts 20:35; 2 Thessalonians 3:6–7; Isaiah 35:3–4
- 15 1 Peter 3:9; Galatians 6:10; Leviticus 19:18; 3 John 11; Romans 12:17–21
- 16 Romans 12:12; Philippians 4:4; Matthew 5:12; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Luke 10:20
- 17 Romans 12:12; Colossians 4:2; Ephesians 6:18; Luke 18:1; Luke 21:36
- 18 Ephesians 5:20; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 3:17; Hebrews 13:15; Job 1:21
- 19 Ephesians 4:30; Acts 7:51; 2 Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 4:14; Isaiah 63:10
- 20 1 Corinthians 14:3–6; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 11:4; Numbers 11:25–29; 1 Corinthians 14:37–39
- 21 1 John 4:1; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 5:10; Luke 12:57; Acts 17:11
- 22 2 Corinthians 6:3; Philippians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; 1 Corinthians 10:31–33; Romans 12:17
- 23 Jude 24; 1 Corinthians 1:8–9; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Peter 5:10
- 24 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 7:9; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Peter 5:10
- 25 Philippians 1:19; Hebrews 13:18–19; 2 Corinthians 1:11; Philemon 22; Ephesians 6:18–20
- 26 Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20
- 27 Colossians 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Timothy 5:21; Matthew 26:63; 1 Kings 22:16
- 28 Romans 16:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:18; Romans 1:7; Romans 16:23
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
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