1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-17
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13 But, brothers, I don’t want you be uninformed about those who have fallen asleep so that you won’t grieve like everyone else – those who are hopeless. 14 If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then God will also bring together with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus. 15 We tell you this by the word of the Lord: Those of us still alive, surviving until the Lord comes, will definitely not go ahead of those who are sleeping. 16 For the Lord himself, with the shout of command, the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God, will step down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, those of us who are alive and surviving will be simultaneously snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and therefore will be with the Lord forever. 18 So now you should comfort each other with these words.
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13 But, brothers, I don’t want you be uninformed about those who have fallen asleep so that you won’t grieve like everyone else – those who are hopeless. 14 If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then God will also bring together with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus. 15 We tell you this by the word of the Lord: Those of us still alive, surviving until the Lord comes, will definitely not go ahead of those who are sleeping. 16 For the Lord himself, with the shout of command, the voice of the archangel and the trumpet of God, will step down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, those of us who are alive and surviving will be simultaneously snatched up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and therefore will be with the Lord forever. 18 So now you should comfort each other with these words.