Bible in Basic English
"For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power."
— 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Bible in Basic English
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. ”
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.”
“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.”
“For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.”
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.
For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.
Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;
Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.