New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

15For this we say to you 1by the word of the Lord, that 2we who are alive 3and remain until 4the coming of the Lord, will not precede 5those who have fallen asleep.

16For the Lord 6Himself 7will descend from heaven with a 8 9shout, with the voice of 10the archangel and with the 11trumpet of God, and 12the dead in Christ will rise first.

17Then 13we who are alive 14and remain will be 15caught up together with them 16in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always 17be with the Lord.

18Therefore comfort one another with these words.

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 1 Kin 13:17f; 20:35; 2 Cor 12:1; Gal 1:12 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thess 5:10 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Lit who ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 1 Cor 15:18; 1 Thess 4:13 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Thess 3:11 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Thess 1:10; 2 Thess 1:7 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Or cry of command ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Joel 2:11 ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Jude 9 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Matt 24:31 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Cor 15:23; 2 Thess 2:1; Rev 14:13 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thess 5:10 ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lit who ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 2 Cor 12:2 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Dan 7:13; Acts 1:9; Rev 11:12 ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 John 12:26 ↩

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