1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
In Context
9because God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ;
11Wherefore encourage each other, and edify one the other, as also ye do.
Cross References
John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:17For this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 14:8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
2 Corinthians 5:15And he died for all, that they who live should live no longer to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose again.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.
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 →