1 Thessalonians 5:27 BSB

1 Thessalonians 5:27

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Thessalonians (1107)

Not so much for the sake of instruction, as for the sake of conversing with them through the epistle: a proof of ardent love. And he adjures them so that if they do not respect him, then at least for the sake of the oath …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I charge you by the Lord - Christ, to whom proper divine worship is here paid. That this epistle - The first he wrote. Be read to all the brethren -- that is, in all the churches.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I charge you by the Lord - Margin, “adjure.” Greek, “I put you under oath by the Lord” - ενορκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν Κύριον enorkizō humas ton Kurion. It is equivalent to binding persons by an oath; see the notes on Mat 26:63; compare Gen 21:23-24; Gen 24:3, Gen 24:37. That this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren - To all the church; compare notes on Col 4:16. The meaning is, that the Epistle was to be read to the whole church on some occasion. on which it was assembled together.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐνορκίζω	enorkizō	I adjure
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
τὸν	ton	[by] the	G3588 →
κύριον	kurion	Lord	G2962 →
ἀναγνωσθῆναι	anagnōsthēnai	to be read	G314 →
τὴν	tēn	[this]	G3588 →
ἐπιστολὴν	epistolēn	letter	G1992 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	to all	G3956 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφοῖς.¶	adelphois	brothers.	G80 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:3
  If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
- Galatians 1:6–7
  I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- 2 John 1:9–10
  Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
- 2 John 1:7
  For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
- Titus 1:9–11
  He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
Through
1 Timothy 5:21
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:13
  I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
- 2 Timothy 4:1
  I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
Through
Colossians 4:16
After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14
  Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Thessalonians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Thessalonians