¹⁶ For the Lord ^(A)Himself ^(B)will descend from heaven with a ^[a](C)shout, with the voice of ^(D)the archangel and with the ^(E)trumpet of God, and ^(F)the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then ^(G)we who are alive ^[b]and remain will be ^(H)caught up together with them ^(I)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always ^(J)be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore comfort one another with these words.

¹² “Behold, ^(A)I am coming quickly, and My ^(B)reward is with Me, ^(C)to render to every man ^[a]according to what he has done.