1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us, in order that, whether we be watching or sleeping, together with him, we should live.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
In Context
11Wherefore be consoling one another, and building up, each the other,—even as ye are also doing.
Cross References
John 10:11I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep.
John 10:17Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it:—
Romans 5:6Seeing that, Christ, we being weak as yet, seasonably, in behalf of such as were ungodly, died.
Romans 14:8For both, if we live, unto the Lord, we live, and, if we die, unto the Lord, we die; whether therefore we live, the Lord’s, we are; or whether we die, the Lord’s, we are;
2 Corinthians 5:15Having judged this,—that, one, in behalf of all, died, hence, they all, died; and, in behalf of all, died he,—in order that, they who live, no longer for themselves, should live, but for him who, in their behalf, died and rose again.
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love—even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance 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 →