1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us; that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
In Context
11For which cause comfort one another; and edify one another, as you also do.
Cross References
John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
John 10:17Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Romans 5:6For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly?
Romans 14:8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
2 Corinthians 5:15And Christ died for all; that they also who live, may not now live to themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again.
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.
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 →