1 Thessalonians 4:17
Afterwards we who are alive and are still on earth will be caught up in their company amid clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
18And so we shall be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Cross References
Mark 14:62"I am," replied Jesus, "and you and others will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the divine Power, and coming amid the clouds of the sky."
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18
State of Departed Saints. ( a. d. 51.) 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,… Read the whole commentary →