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1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 4 · verse 17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.1 Thessalonians 4:17 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 4:17 in context
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
- Revelation 11:12
- John 14:3
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
- Revelation 1:7
- Revelation 7:14-17
- Daniel 7:13
- John 17:24
Key words (Strong's)
- togetherhamaat the same time, at once, together, together withG260 →
- cloudsnephelēa cloud, used of the cloud which led the Israelites in the wildernessG3507 →
- alivezaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- meetapantēsisto meet oneG529 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- everpantoteat all times, always, everG3842 →
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In these words the apostle comforts the Thessalonians who mourned for the death of their relations and friends that died in the Lord. His design is to dissuade them from excessive grief, or inordinate sorrow, on that account. All grief for the death of friends is far from being unlawful;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-18