1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us, in order that whether we are keeping vigil in life or sleeping in death we may ever be living together with him.
Montgomery 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 did not appoint us to wrath, but to win salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
11So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.
Cross References
John 10:11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
John 10:17"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.
Romans 5:6For while we were still without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.
Romans 14:8If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:15and that he died for all in order that the living may live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again for them.
Ephesians 5:2and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor 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 →