1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, that whether we sleep, or whether we wake, we may live together with him.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
In Context
9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
11Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye do.
Cross References
John 10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
John 10:17Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Romans 5:6For even then when we were without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.
Romans 14:8For whether we live, to the Lord we live, and whether we die, to the Lord we die; whether therefore we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.
2 Corinthians 5:15and he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him that died for them, and rose again.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation and sacrifice to God, for an odour of a 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 →