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Text -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NET)
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The Lord Returns for Believers
4:13 Now we do not want you to be uninformed , brothers and sisters , about those who are asleep , so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope .
4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians .
4:15 For we tell you this by the word of the Lord , that we who are alive , who are left until the coming of the Lord , will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep .
4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command , with the voice of the archangel , and with the trumpet of God , and the dead in Christ will rise first .
4:17 Then we who are alive , who are left , will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air . And so we will always be with the Lord .
4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Immortality |
Resurrection |
Peter, Second Epistle of |
Bereavement |
THESSALONIANS, FIRST EPISTLE TO THE |
PETER, SIMON |
THESSALONIANS, THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Death |
PRISON, SPIRITS IN |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Jesus, The Christ |
Righteous |
Angel |
HOPE |
Archangel |
One Another |
IMMORTAL; IMMORTALITY |
ASCENSION |
SHIPS AND BOATS |
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NET Notes: 1Th 4:13 The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for death...
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NET Notes: 1Th 4:14 Grk “those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.” It is possible that “through Jesus” describes “bring,” but this ...
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NET Notes: 1Th 4:15 The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1)...
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