1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  New American Standard Bible 1995

Those Who Died in Christ

¹³ But ^(A)we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who ^(B)are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do ^(C)the rest who have ^(D)no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, ^(E)even so God will bring with Him ^(F)those who have fallen asleep ^[a]in Jesus. ¹⁵ For this we say to you ^(G)by the word of the Lord, that ^(H)we who are alive ^[b]and remain until ^(I)the coming of the Lord, will not precede ^(J)those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord ^(K)Himself ^(L)will descend from heaven with a ^[c](M)shout, with the voice of ^(N)the archangel and with the ^(O)trumpet of God, and ^(P)the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then ^(Q)we who are alive ^[d]and remain will be ^(R)caught up together with them ^(S)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always ^(T)be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.