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1 Thessalonians 4:18
18Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words [concerning our reunion with believers who have died].
1 Thessalonians 4:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore encourage one another with these words.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore encourage one another with these words.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:18
16For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord! Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words [concerning our reunion with believers who have died].
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 41 Thessalonians 4:18 word by word
Ὥστε παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους ἐν τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:18
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage and comfort one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
- Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.
- Luke 21:28Now when these things begin to occur, stand tall and lift up your heads [in joy], because [suffering ends as] your redemption is drawing near.”
- Hebrews 12:12So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.
- Hebrews 10:24and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds,
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Comfort one another with these words - Strange saying! comfort a man with the information that he is going to appear before the judgment-seat of God! Who can feel comfort from these words? That man alone with whose spirit the Spirit of God bears witness that his sins are blotted out, and the thoughts of whose heart are purified by the inspiration of Gods Holy Spirit, so that he can perfectly love him, and worthily magnify his name. Reader, thou art not in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Wherefore comfort one another - Margin, “exhort.” The word comfort probably best expresses the meaning. They were to bring these glorious truths and these bright prospects be fore their minds, in order to alleviate, the sorrows of bereavement. The topics of consolation are these: first, that those who had died in the faith would not always lie in the grave; second, that when they rose they would not occupy an inferior condition because they were cut off…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity does not forbid, and grace does not do away, our natural affections. Yet we must not be excessive in our sorrows; this is too much like those who have no hope of a better life. Death is an unknown thing, and we know little about the state after death; yet…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Paul teaches about the end of history to help Christians support each other when encountering death. He does not encourage guessing about the end of time.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. comfort one another--in your mourning for the dead (1Th 4:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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