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1 Thessalonians 4:16

WEB

16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

KJV

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:

BSB

16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

FBV

16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the cry of the archangel, and with the sound of God's trumpet, and those who have died in Christ will rise first.

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Extra References

1 Corinthians 15:51-52

51Behold,[+] I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Revelation 1:7

7Behold,[+] he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Matthew 24:30-31

30and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 31He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

1 Corinthians 15:23

23But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming.

Matthew 16:27

27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.

Matthew 25:31

31“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

7and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Isaiah 27:13

13It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship the LORD in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Revelation 20:5-6

5The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

2 Thessalonians 2:1

1Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we ask you