Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of 1 Thessalonians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:15 JFB -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:15 PNT -> Commentary on 4:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:15 TSK -> Commentary on 4:15 TSK -> Entry for 4:15 WEN -> Notes on 4:15 NTB -> Bereavement; Death; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous TTT -> Death of Saints, The EBD -> Coming of Christ; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:15 4:15 - [In Context] What we tell you now is the Lord's own message. We who are living now might still be living when the Lord comes again. We who are living at that time will be with the Lord, but not before those people who have already died.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:16 JFB -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:16 PNT -> Commentary on 4:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:16 TSK -> Commentary on 4:16 TSK -> Entry for 4:16 WEN -> Notes on 4:16 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Angel (a spirit); Archangel; Bereavement; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Resurrection; Righteous; Trumpet TTT -> Angels; Death of Saints, The; Resurrection, The; Second Coming of Christ, The; Trumpet EBD -> Angel; Archangel; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 4:16 - [In Context] The Lord himself will come down from heaven. There will be a loud command. That command will be given with the voice of the archangel F15 and with the trumpet call of God. And the people who have died and were in Christ will rise first.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:17 JFB -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:17 PNT -> Commentary on 4:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:17 TSK -> Commentary on 4:17 TSK -> Entry for 4:17 WEN -> Notes on 4:17 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Bereavement; Death; Heaven; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous TTT -> Death of Saints, The; Resurrection, The; Reward of Saints, The; Second Coming of Christ, The EBD -> Air; Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:17 SPG -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 4:17 - [In Context] After that, we people who are still alive at that time will be gathered up with those people who have died. We will be taken up in the clouds and meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:18 JFB -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:18 PNT -> Commentary on 4:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:18 TSK -> Commentary on 4:18 TSK -> Entry for 4:18 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Bereavement; Communion; Fellowship; Immortality; Righteous TTT -> Afflicted, Duty toward the; Affliction, Consolation under; Communion of Saints; Death of Saints, The EBD -> Immortality; Peter, Second Epistle of SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:18 4:18 - [In Context] So encourage each other with these words.
FOOTNOTES: F15: archangel   The leader among God's angels.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.