15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord - Kurios, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord - Kurios shall not precede them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord - Kurios himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God-The Father: and the dead in Moshiach [Messiah] shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord - Kurios in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord - Kurios.

18 For what reason comfort one another with these words.