1 Thessalonians 4:15
(For this we say to you in [the] word of [the] Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;
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1 Kings 13:9for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that thou shalt go.
1 Kings 13:22but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come to the sepulchre of thy fathers.
1 Kings 22:14And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what Jehovah shall say to me, that will I speak.
Psalms 88:13But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
Matthew 17:25He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers?
2 Corinthians 4:14knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18
State of Departed Saints. ( a. d. 51.) 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,… Read the whole commentary →