18 In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:
So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.
For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;
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Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
The apostle, having spoken in the end of the foregoing chapter concerning the resurrection, and the second coming of Christ, proceeds to speak concerning the uselessness of enquiring after the particular time of Christ's coming, which would be sudden and terrible to the wicked, but comfortable to the saints (v. 1-5). He then exhorts them to the duties of watchfulness, sobriety, and the exercise of faith, love, and hope, as being suitable to their state (v. 6-10). In the next words he exhorts them to several duties they owed to others, or to one another (v. 11-15), afterwards to several other Christian duties of great importance (v. 16-22), and then concludes this epistle (v. 23-28).
1Th 5:1-5
In these words observe,
1Th 5:6-10
On what had been said, the apostle grounds seasonable exhortations to several needful duties.
1Th 5:11-15
In these words the apostle exhorts the Thessalonians to several duties.
1Th 5:16-22
Here we have divers short exhortations, that will not burden our memories, but will be of great use to direct the motions of our hearts and lives; for the duties are of great importance, and we may observe how they are connected together, and have a dependence upon one another.
1Th 5:23-28
In these words, which conclude this epistle, observe,