I Thessalonians · Chapter 4 King James Version

I Thessalonians 4:16

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The Scripture

(16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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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