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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
• 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.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:14

12so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need. 13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with 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

• For ifεἰei · ifG1487
• we believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• that JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• and roseἀνίστημιanistēmi · to ariseG450
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• will bringἄγωagō · to bringG71
• thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• who have fallenκοιμάωkoimaō · to sleepG2837

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:14

• Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
• Romans 8:11But if 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 preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
• 2 Corinthians 4:13But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,
• Revelation 1:18and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts without blame 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, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
• Genesis 49:19“As for Gad, raiders shall raid him, But he will raid at their heels.
• Zechariah 14:15So also like this plague will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey and all the cattle that will be in those camps.
• Matthew 24:31And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming,
• Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,

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

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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