1 Thessalonians 4:15
13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- KJV
- For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
- WEB
- For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
- ASV
- For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.
- DARBY
- (For this we say to you in [the] word of [the] Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;
- BLB
- For this we say to you⁺ in the word of the Lord, that we the living, remaining unto the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those having fallen asleep,
- ÅB
- For dette sier vi dere med et ord av Herren at vi som lever, som blir tilbake inntil Herren kommer, skal ingenlunde komme i forveien for de hensovede;
- OTB
- For vi erklærer for dere ved Herrens ord, at vi som er i live og blir igjen til Herrens komme, ikke skal gå foran dem som har sovnet inn.
- B1930
- For dette sier vi eder med et ord av Herren at vi som lever, som blir tilbake inntil Herren kommer, skal ingenlunde komme i forveien for de hensovede;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:51–53
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:14
knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:19
After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
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