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1 Thessalonians 4:18
18Because this message is true, tell it to each other. Help one another to be strong, not sad.
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
16On that day, the Lord himself will come down from heaven. He will shout with authority. People will hear the voice of the leader of God's angels. They will hear the sound of God's trumpet. Then those people who have died as Christians will become alive again. They will be the first people to rise up. 17After that, those of us who are still alive will join together with them. God will suddenly take us up into the clouds. In that way, we will all meet the Lord in the sky. So we will all be with the Lord for ever. Because this message is true, tell it to each other. Help one another to be strong, not sad.
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Ὥστε παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους ἐν τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:18
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11Because of that, you should help each other to become stronger as believers. I know that you are already doing that.
- Isaiah 40:1Your God says, ‘Comfort my people. Yes, comfort them.
- Luke 21:28When these things begin to happen, stand up. And look up, because God will then save you very soon.’
- Hebrews 12:12So be strong as servants of God! If your hands feel weak, lift them up! If your knees are not strong, stand up straight!
- Hebrews 10:24We should think about how we can help one another. We want everyone to show love to each other. We want everyone to do good things to help one another.
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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