NET Bible
"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."
— 1 Thessalonians 4:14, NET Bible
“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 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 aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
The Lord Returns for Believers Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
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 we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.