But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers,
About those who are asleep,
So that you will not grieve as do the rest,
Who have no hope,
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 declare to you,
By the word of the Lord,
We who are alive,
Who are left until the coming of the Lord,
Cannot precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself,
Will descend from heaven,
With a loud command,
With the voice of the archangel,
And with the trumpet call of God,
And the dead in Christ will rise first,
Then we who are alive,
Who are left,
Will be caught up together with them in the clouds,
To meet the Lord in the air,
And so we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1Thessalonians 4:13-18
J.
Clontz – Editor of The Comprehensive New Testament
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