1 Thessalonians 4:14

1 Thessalonians 4:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• New International Version (NIV)For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:14

12so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. 13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 word by word

εἰ γὰρ πιστεύομεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἀνέστη, οὕτως καὶ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• we believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• rose againἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• even soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• themὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• which sleepκοιμάωkoimaō · to sleepG2837
• inδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• willἄγωagō · to bringG71
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:14

• Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
• Romans 8:11If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
• 2 Corinthians 4:13Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak,
• Revelation 1:18and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• 1 Corinthians 15:18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
• Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we who are alive, who are left, 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.
• Genesis 49:19"Raiders shall raid Gad, but he shall raid at their heels.
• Zechariah 14:15And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.
• Matthew 24:31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
• Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again - · Seeing that we believe; knowing that the resurrection of Christ is as fully authenticated as his death. Even so them - It necessarily follows that them who sleep - die, in him - in the faith of the Gospel, will God bring with him - he will raise them up as Jesus was raised from the dead, in the same manner, i.e. by his own eternal power and energy; and he will bring them with him - with Christ, for he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again - That is, if we believe this, we ought also to believe that those who have died in. the faith of Jesus will be raised from the dead. The meaning is not that the fact of the resurrection depends on our believing that Jesus rose, but that the death and resurrection of the Saviour were connected with the resurrection of the saints; that the one followed from the other, and that the one was as certain as the…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. 14died and rose again: The death and resurrection of Jesus is the foundation for hope despite the reality of death, guaranteed by Christ's resurrection (1 Corinthians 15). God will bring with Jesus those: Refers to the resurrection of Christians (1 Thessalonians 4:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. For if--confirmation of his statement, 1Th 4:13, that the removal of ignorance as to the sleeping believers would remove undue grief respecting them. See 1Th 4:13, "hope." Hence it appears our hope rests on our faith ("if we believe"). "As surely as we all believe that Christ died and rose again (the very doctrine specified as taught at Thessalonica, Ac 17:3), so also will God bring those laid to sleep by Jesus with Him (Jesus)." (So the order and…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 4:14

• Bereavement
• Death
• Immortality
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Resurrection
• Sleep

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Asleep
• Immortality
• Peter, Second Epistle of
• Quiet
• Resurrection of the dead
• Rise

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