1 Brothers and sisters, we don't need to write anything to you about prophetic times and dates. 2 You yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape. 4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark about this so that you won't be caught by surprise when the Day of Judgment arrives suddenly like a thief. 5 For you are all children of light and children of the day. We don't belong to the night or to darkness. 6 So then we shouldn't be sleeping like everybody else—we should stay awake and keep ourselves clear-headed. 7 For it's during the night that people sleep; and it's at night that they get drunk. 8 But since we belong to the day we should keep our heads clear. We strap on the breastplate of trust and love. We put on the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God hasn't placed us in a position to be punished, but has reserved us for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He's the one who died for us so that whether we're alive or dead we shall live together with him. 11 So encourage and strengthen one another, just as you are doing. 12 Brothers and sisters, we're asking you to respect those who work with you, who lead you in the Lord and teach you. 13 You should value them highly in love for the work they do. Live in peace with each other. 14 We urge you, brothers and sisters, to warn those who are lazy, encourage those who are anxious, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure none of you pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to one another, and to everyone. 16 Always be full of joy, 17 never stop praying, 18 be thankful in every situation—because this is what God in Christ Jesus wants you to do. 19 Don't hold the Spirit back, 20 don't look down on prophecy, 21 make sure to check everything. Hold on to whatever is good; 22 keep away from every kind of evil. 23 May the God of peace himself make you completely holy, and may your whole being—body, mind and spirit—be kept blameless for when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 24 The one who calls you is trustworthy, and he will do this. 25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 26 Greet all the believers there affectionately. 27 I'm requiring you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the believers. 28 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hechos 1:7; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:9; Mateo 24:36; Mateo 24:3; Marcos 13:30–32
- 2 Apocalipsis 16:15; 2 Pedro 3:10; Mateo 24:42–44; Apocalipsis 3:3; Mateo 25:13
- 3 Lucas 21:34–35; Mateo 24:37–39; Lucas 17:26–30; Apocalipsis 18:7–8; Salmo 73:18–20
- 4 1 Juan 2:8; Jeremías 42:16; 1 Pedro 2:9–10; Deuteronomio 28:15; Colosenses 1:13
- 5 Efesios 5:8; Hechos 26:18; Juan 12:36; Lucas 16:8
- 6 1 Pedro 1:13; Mateo 24:42; Lucas 22:46; 1 Pedro 5:8; Romanos 13:11–14
- 7 Romanos 13:13; 2 Pedro 2:13; 1 Corintios 15:34; Hechos 2:15; Daniel 5:4–5
- 8 Romanos 13:12–13; 1 Pedro 1:13; Efesios 6:11; Isaías 59:17; Hebreos 10:35–36
- 9 1 Tesalonicenses 1:10; 1 Pedro 2:10; 2 Timoteo 2:10; Hechos 13:48; Proverbios 16:4
- 10 Romanos 14:8–9; 1 Pedro 3:18; 2 Corintios 5:15; Efesios 5:2; Mateo 20:28
- 11 Efesios 4:29; Romanos 15:2; Hebreos 10:25; Hebreos 3:13; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:18
- 12 Hebreos 13:17; Hebreos 13:7; 1 Timoteo 5:17–18; 1 Corintios 16:18; 1 Corintios 16:16
- 13 Marcos 9:50; Hebreos 12:14; Gálatas 6:6; Santiago 3:18; Juan 13:34–35
- 14 2 Timoteo 4:2; Romanos 14:1; Hechos 20:35; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:6–7; Isaías 35:3–4
- 15 1 Pedro 3:9; Gálatas 6:10; Levítico 19:18; 3 Juan 11; Romanos 12:17–21
- 16 Romanos 12:12; Filipenses 4:4; Mateo 5:12; 2 Corintios 6:10; Lucas 10:20
- 17 Romanos 12:12; Colosenses 4:2; Efesios 6:18; Lucas 18:1; Lucas 21:36
- 18 Efesios 5:20; Filipenses 4:6; Colosenses 3:17; Hebreos 13:15; Job 1:21
- 19 Efesios 4:30; Hechos 7:51; 2 Timoteo 1:6; 1 Timoteo 4:14; Isaías 63:10
- 20 1 Corintios 14:3–6; 1 Corintios 14:1; 1 Corintios 11:4; Números 11:25–29; 1 Corintios 14:37–39
- 21 1 Juan 4:1; Romanos 12:2; Efesios 5:10; Lucas 12:57; Hechos 17:11
- 22 2 Corintios 6:3; Filipenses 4:8; 2 Corintios 8:20–21; 1 Corintios 10:31–33; Romanos 12:17
- 23 Judas 24; 1 Corintios 1:8–9; Hebreos 4:12; 1 Tesalonicenses 3:13; 1 Pedro 5:10
- 24 2 Tesalonicenses 3:3; Números 23:19; Deuteronomio 7:9; 1 Corintios 1:9; 1 Pedro 5:10
- 25 Filipenses 1:19; Hebreos 13:18–19; 2 Corintios 1:11; Filemón 22; Efesios 6:18–20
- 26 Romanos 16:16; 1 Corintios 16:20
- 27 Colosenses 4:16; 2 Timoteo 4:1; 1 Timoteo 5:21; Mateo 26:63; 1 Reyes 22:16
- 28 Romanos 16:20; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:18; Romanos 1:7; Romanos 16:23
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Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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I exhort you, therefore, that ye abstain from covetousness, and that ye be chaste and truthful. "Abstain from every form of evil." For if a man cannot govern himself in such matters, how shall he enjoin them on others?
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Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For Paul too saith this, writing on this wise, "When they shall speak of peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them;" and to show how unexpected, He said, "as travail upon a woman with child." How then doth He say, "after the tribulation of those days?" For if there be luxury then, and peace, and safety, as Paul …
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