1 Thessalonians 4:18

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

16The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet ⌞call⌟ of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life. 17Then, together with them, we who are still alive will be taken in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In this way we will always be with the Lord. So then, comfort each other with these words!

1 Thessalonians 4:18 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeὥστεhōste · soG5620
• comfortπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• one anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• wordsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:18

• 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore, encourage each other and strengthen one another as you are doing.
• Isaiah 40:1“Comfort my people! Comfort them!” says your God.
• Luke 21:28“When these things begin to happen, stand with confidence! The time when you will be set free is near.”
• Hebrews 12:12Strengthen your tired arms and weak knees.
• Hebrews 10:24We must also consider how to encourage each other to show love and to do good things.

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
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

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• Trump
• Eschatology of the New Testament
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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