Books of the Bible / 1 Thessalonians
Random Verse from 1 Thessalonians
Roll a random verse from 1 Thessalonians -- 5 chapters, 89 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.”
1 Thessalonians 5:1
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 1 Thessalonians (summary)
1 Thessalonians is book 52 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 5 chapters and 89 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 1 Thessalonians compared to other books of the Bible?
1 Thessalonians is the 49th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 89 verses across 5 chapters -- an average of 17.8 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 1 Thessalonians sit among the other New Testament books?
1 Thessalonians is book 13 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 52 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 1 Thessalonians?
Colossians comes directly before it (4 chapters). 2 Thessalonians comes directly after it (3 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 89 verses in 1 Thessalonians -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.