1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
King James Version
In Context
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Cross References
John 10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 14:8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
2 Corinthians 5:15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:7-11
Watchfulness and Sobriety. ( a. d. 51.) 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. On… Read the whole commentary →