Catholic Public Domain Version
"For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him. "
— 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 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 if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”
to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,
and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.
And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.
For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.
For we say this to you, in the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive, who remain until the return of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven. And the dead, who are in Christ, shall rise up first.
Next, we who are alive, who are remaining, shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air. And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always.