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1 Thessalonians 5:27

I command you in the name of the Lord to read this letter to all the brothers and sisters.
1 Thessalonians 5:27 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers.
  • KJV I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
  • BSB I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
  • NKJV I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
  • NASB I put you under oath by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

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Paul solemnly charges that this letter be read aloud to the entire church.

Overview

Paul places the letter under an oath-like command, underscoring his apostolic authority and the importance of his words for all believers, not just leaders. This early insistence on public reading reflects the church's recognition of apostolic writings as authoritative Scripture. Every member was to hear and heed God's word through His appointed apostle.

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Cross-references · 17

  • Col 4:16When this letter has been read among you, cause it to be read also in the assembly of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
  • 1 Tim 5:7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
  • Matt 26:63But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
  • Num 27:23He laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.
  • 1 Kgs 22:16The king said to him, “How many times do I have to adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in Yahweh’s name?”
  • Acts 19:13But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
  • 2 Chr 18:15The king said to him, “How many times shall I adjure you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in Yahweh’s name?”
  • Mark 5:7and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
  • 2 Tim 4:1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:
  • 1 Tim 1:3As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
  • 1 Tim 5:21I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
  • 1 Tim 6:13I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
  • 2 Th 3:14If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
  • 1 Th 2:11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
  • 1 Tim 1:18This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
  • 1 Tim 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
  • Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;

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