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14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose-up, so also[a] God will bring with Him the ones having fallen asleep through[b] Jesus. 15 For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we— the ones living, the ones remaining[c] until the coming of the Lord— will in-no-way precede the ones having fallen asleep. 16 Because[d] the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shouted-command[e], with a voice of an archangel[f], and with a trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise-up first.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 That is, so also we believe that.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Or, by means of. That is, having entered into God’s rest through what Jesus has done. Or, so also through Jesus God will bring with Him the ones having fallen-asleep.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Or, being left behind. That is, remaining alive at that time.
  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Or, asleep; that. In this case, this is a second thing Paul ‘says’ to them.
  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Or, signal-call.
  6. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 That is, ruling or chief angel.

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