1 Thessalonians 5:10

He died ¹  for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ²  we will come to life together with him.

biblegateway 1Th 5:10

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

biblegateway 1Th 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

biblegateway 1Th 5:10

He died for us so that we can live with him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of his return.

biblegateway 1Th 5:10

He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we're awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we're alive with him!

SABDAweb 1Th 5:10

Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

bibleoremus 1Th 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.

biblegateway 1Th 5:10

who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

biblegateway 1Th 5:10

He died ¹  for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ²  we will come to life together with him.

¹ tn Grk “the one who died,” describing Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:9). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 10 in the translation.

² sn The phrases alert or asleep may be understood (1) of moral alertness (living in faith, love, and hope as vv. 6, 8 call for, versus being unresponsive to God) or (2) of physical life and death (whether alive or dead). The first fits better with the context of 5:1-9, while the second returns to the point Paul started with in 4:13-18 (no disadvantage for the believing dead).