Bible: 1 Thess. 4:14-18
4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that 1 God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. 2 4:15 For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, 3 that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, 4 and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 4:17 Then we who are alive, who are left, 5 will be suddenly caught up 6 together 7 with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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