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The Return of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:14

In 9 translations

BSB
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
KJV
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
WEB
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
ASV
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.
LSV
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God will bring with Him those asleep through Jesus,
YLT
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,
DBY
For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.Elohim
DRC4:13
For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again; even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him.
GNV
For if we beleeue that Iesus is dead, and is risen, euen so them which sleepe in Iesus, will God bring with him.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
εἰ γὰρ πιστεύομεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἀνέστη, οὕτως καὶ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ.
RP2018
Εἰ γὰρ πιστεύομεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἀνέστη, οὕτως καὶ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ.
TR-Boyd
Εἰ γὰρ πιστεύομεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανε καὶ ἀνέστη, οὕτω καὶ ὁ Θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ.
SCR1894
ει γαρ πιστευομεν οτι ιησους απεθανεν και ανεστη ουτως και ο θεος τους κοιμηθεντας δια του ιησου αξει συν αυτω

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  • Romans 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
  • Philippians 3:20–21But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His…
  • Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:13–14And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak, knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with…
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
  • 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
  • Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
  • Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
  • Jude 1:14–15Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and…
  • 1 Corinthians 15:12–23But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if…
  • Matthew 24:31And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
  • Zechariah 14:15And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
  • Genesis 49:19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

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  • Content check: text matches KJV 1Thess.4.14 (word overlap 0.80), not 1Thess.4.13 (0.00); standard ref corrected from 1Thess.4.13 (TVTMS action was 'identity').

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