1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, that whether we be awake, or asleep, we may live together with Him.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 the obtaining of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
11Wherefore comfort one another, and edify each other, as indeed ye do.
Cross References
John 10:11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
John 10:17For this doth the Father love me; because I lay down my life: that I may take it again.
Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, Christ died in due season for the ungodly.
Romans 14:8but if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.
Ephesians 5:2even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.
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 →