I Thessalonians · Chapter 4 King James Version

I Thessalonians 4:15

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The Scripture

(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Paul urged the Thessalonians to abstain from fornication, to possess their bodies in holiness, and to love one another while working quietly with their own hands. He then comforted them concerning those who had died, teaching that at Christ's return the dead in Christ would rise first and believers would be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air.

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