1 Thessalonians 5:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Περὶ δὲ τῶν χρόνων καὶ τῶν καιρῶν, ἀδελφοί, οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε ὑμῖν γράφεσθαι.

Transliteration

Peri de the chronōn and the kairōn, adelphoi, not chreian echete to you to be graphesthai.

Grammar Details

*Peri*: preposition + genitive - concerning/about
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*chronōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - times/chronological periods
*kairōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - seasons/opportune times
*adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
*chreian echete*: present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural + accusative - you have need
*graphesthai*: present, passive, infinitive - to be written

Word Meanings

*chronōn*: times/chronological periods/epochs
*kairōn*: seasons/opportune times/appointed times
*graphesthai*: to be written/to be recorded

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Matt 24:3 : 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Matt 24:36 : 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Mark 13:30-32 : 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
2 Cor 9:1 : 1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

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