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 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

12that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing. 13But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep 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 by no means precede those who are asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an 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

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

People and places in 1 Thessalonians 4:14

• Jesus

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:14

• Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• Romans 8:11But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ 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 4:13And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
• Revelation 1:18I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others 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 Christ with all His saints.
• 1 Corinthians 15:18Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
• Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
• Genesis 49:19“Gad, a troop shall tramp upon him, But he shall triumph at last.
• Zechariah 14:15Such also shall be the plague On the horse and the mule, On the camel and the donkey, And on all the cattle that will be in those camps. So shall this plague be.
• Matthew 24:31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
• Philippians 3:20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,

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
• Asleep
• Immortality
• Peter, Second Epistle of
• Quiet
• Resurrection of the dead
• Rise
• Sleep
• Trump

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