American Standard Version

1 Thessalonians 4:18

18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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 shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; 17then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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1 Thessalonians 4:18 word by word

Ὥστε παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους ἐν τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις.¶Read the interlinear

comfortπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:18

1 Thessalonians 5:11Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Luke 21:28But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
Hebrews 10:24and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

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

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 4:18

Afflictions and Adversities
Bereavement
Communion
Fellowship
Immortality
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