1 Thessalonians 4:14

WEB

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

KJV

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

BSB

¹⁴For 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.

FBV

¹⁴Since we're convinced that Jesus died and rose again, we're also sure that God will bring^[+] with Jesus those who have died trusting in him.

Related Resources

Exhortation to a Faithful Church (1 Thessalonians 3-4) - Grace to You
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Extra References

Romans 8:11

¹¹But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

²⁰For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

Isaiah 26:19

¹⁹Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

2 Corinthians 4:13-14

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.”We also believe, and therefore we also speak, ¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

¹³But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

¹⁷then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

¹³to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Revelation 14:13

¹³I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”

Revelation 1:18

¹⁸and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Jude 1:14-15

¹⁴About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold,^[+] the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, ¹⁵to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”