1 Thessalonians 5:27 KJV — MannaFest

1 Thessalonians 5:27

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

KJV

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ASV

I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.

WEB

I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

YLT

I charge you by the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;

DBT

I adjure you by the Lord that the letter be read to all the [holy] brethren.

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1 Thessalonians — Paul's earliest letter. Thanksgiving for a young church's faith, and plain teaching on holy living and the return of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 50–51, from Corinth

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Colossians 4:16
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Exodus 24:7
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
Numbers 27:23
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
1 Kings 22:16
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?

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5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. In these words observe, I. The apostle tells the Thessalonians it was needless or useless to enquire about the particular time of Christ's coming: Of the times and seasons you need not that I write unto you,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The public reading of the law was one part of the worship of the sabbath among the Jews in their synagogues, and the scriptures should be read in the public assemblies of Christians also. The apostolical benediction that is usual in other epistles: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I charge--Greek, "I adjure you." read unto all--namely, publicly in the congregation at a particular time. The Greek aorist tense implies a single act done at a particular time. The earnestness of his adjuration implies how solemnly important he felt this divinely inspired message to be.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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