The Coming of the Lord
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, [Lev. 19:28;Deut. 14:1;2 Sam. 12:20-23;Mark 5:39] that you may not grieve as others do Eph. 2:12who have no hope. 14 For 1 Cor. 15:13;[2 Cor. 4:14;Rev. 1:18] since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him 1 Cor. 15:18those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you See 1 Kgs. 13:17by a word from the Lord,4:15 Or by the word of the Lord that 1 Cor. 15:51we who are alive, who are left until See ch. 2:19the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For See Matt. 16:27the Lord himself will descend 2 Thess. 1:7from heaven [Joel 2:11] with a cry of command, with the voice of Jude 9an archangel, and Matt. 24:31;1 Cor. 15:52with the sound of the trumpet of God. And 1 Cor. 15:23;[2 Thess. 2:1;Rev. 14:13]the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be See 2 Cor. 12:2caught up together with them [Dan. 7:13;Acts 1:9;Rev. 11:12] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so See John 12:26we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.