What does 1 Thessalonians 4:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."
Verse 14. _FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN_] ει γαρ. _Seeing that we believe_; knowing that the _resurrection_ of Christ is as fully authenticated as his death. _EVEN SO THEM_] It ne...
FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN - That is, if we believe this, we ought also to believe that those who have died in. the faith of Jesus will be raised from the dead. The meaning is no...
IV. THE SEPARATED WALK AND THE BLESSED HOPE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The separated walk 1 Thessalonians 4:1)_ 2. The coming of the Lord for His saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13) 1 Thessalonians 4:1 “Furthermore,...
THE CONDITION OF THE DEAD. This paragraph is written to allay a misgiving which had arisen among the Thessalonian Christians that certain of their friends who had died would be deprived of their share...
THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
FOR. Greek. _gar_. IF. App-118. BELIEVE. App-150. ROSE AGAIN. App-178. EVEN SO THEM ALSO. Read "so (_we believe)_ also that them". SLEEP. are fallen asleep. IN JESUS. through (App-104. 1 Thessalo...
Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and _Introd_., pp. 18 21), is...
§ 8. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Concerning them that fall asleep Thessalonian faith had its “deficiencies” on the doctrinal as well as the practical side (see note introductory to last section). In rega...
ΕΊ (G1487) если. Это слово вводит _conj._ 1 типа, так как смерть и воскресение Иисуса считаются истинными (RWP; GGBB, 694). ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо, делает вывод из уеловия. ΠΙΣΤΕΎΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_...
DISCOURSE: 2202 THE RESURRECTION 1 Thessalonians 4:13. _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. For, if...
WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS— The state of the bodies of the pious dead in their graves is not only here, but in many other passages of scripture, described as a _short sleep,_ compared with that eternal life...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:14) 14 FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM ALSO THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. Translation and Paraphrase 14. For since...
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. FOR IF (not doubt: the indicative follows) - confirmation of , that the removal of...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks...
EXHORTATION TO PURITY AND BROTHERLY LOVE. THE SECOND ADVENT 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing willed by...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 4 HOW YOU OUGHT TO LIVE 4:1-8 V1 Brothers and sisters, yo...
FOR IF... — A reason for thinking that if the Thessalonians knew and believed the truth, they ought not to be so miserable. The “if” implies no doubt: “if we believe (as we do), then,” &c. — merely cl...
CHAPTER 11 THE DEAD IN CHRIST 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (R.V.) THE restlessness of the Thessalonians, which caused some of them to neglect their daily work, was the result of strained expectations of Chr...
περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων....
UNITED NOW AND HEREAFTER IN THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 4:9 It is suggested that God Himself is the teacher of love. Others may teach the lower classes in the school of grace, but the highest is reserve...
At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject i...
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS PROOF GOD CAN RAISE THE DEAD Belief in Christ's resurrection from the dead is central to the Christian's faith (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20). If Jesus had no...
(12) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in (d) Jesus will God (e) bring with him. (12) A reason for the confirmation, for seeing that the head is risen, t...
(13) В¶ 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 agai...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
_REUNION IN ETERNITY_ ‘If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:14 The text discloses to us two bl...
14_For if we believe_. He assumes this axiom of our faith, that Christ was raised up from the dead, that we might be partakers of the same resurrection: from this he infers, that we shall live with hi...
The apostle then turns to the dangers that beset the Thessalonians in consequence of their former habits (and which were still those of the persons that surrounded them), habits in direct contradictio...
FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED, AND ROSE AGAIN,.... As every Christian does, for both the death and resurrection of Christ are fundamental articles of faith; nothing is more certain or more comfort...
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. Ver. 14. _Sleep in Jesus_] Dead in Christ. The union then is not dissolved by death....
_For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again_ Namely, 1st, In attestation of the truth of his doctrine, in which he taught expressly the immortality of the soul, Matthew 10:28; Luke 23:43; and th...
WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM; raise from the dead in glorious, immortal bodies, so that they as well as those that remain alive at Christ's coming, shall appear with him in glory. 1 Corinthians 15:51-54....
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD....
The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and o...
C. The problem about those who had died, 4:13-18 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 Fo...
“FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM ALSO THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM” “For”: Such ignorance and hopeless is inexcusable, for” _(Hendriksen p. 1...
13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity doe...
As in the former verse the apostle made use of the hope of the resurrection, as an argument against immoderate sorrow, so here he proves the resurrection by Christ's rising again, &c. FOR IF WE BELIEV...
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. [Paul here founds an affirmation on the intimate relation which exists betw...
Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II Man, therefore, was made from different and opposite substances, as the world itself was made from light and darkness, from life and death; and he has admonished...
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THE COMING OF CHRIST FOR HIS OWN (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13). Paul assures the Thessalonians that those who have died in Christ will not be disadvantaged as against those who will be alive at His coming,...
_Comfort for the Bereaved concerning the Prospects of the Departed._ Paul had preached to the Thessalonians the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ, and they had apparently taken up the impressio...
FOR IF WE BELIEVE (ε γαρ πιστευομεν). Condition of first class, assuming the death and resurrection of Jesus to be true.IN JESUS (δια του Ιησου). Literally, through or by means of Jesus. It is am...
1 Thessalonians 4:13 The Sleep of the Faithful Departed. St. Paul, in the text, speaks of the saints unseen as of those that "sleep in Jesus"; and Christians are wont to call their burial-grounds ce...
1 Thessalonians 4:13. _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._ You cannot help sorrowing, for you...
CONTENTS: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: The design of the Gospel is to teach men not only what they should believe, but also how t...
1 Thessalonians 4:1. _We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us_ the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, _how ye ou...
WE BELIEVE. His argument is: We believe that Jesus raised from death; _therefore,_ we believe the dead will be raised through Christ when he Comes....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians 4:1), the second coming (1 Thessalonians 4:13), community conduct (1 T...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:13. THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP.—The R.V. reading changes the perfect participle (“them who have fallen asleep and continue to sleep”) unto the present, “...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christian life,...
Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was...
1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:13; 2 Corinthians 4:14;...
Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him [κ α ι ο θ ε ο ς τ ο υ ς κ ο ι μ η θ ε ν τ α ς δ ι α τ ο υ ι η σ ο υ α ξ ε ι σ υ ν α υ τ ω]. (1) Which sleep should be, which have been laid asl...
So — As God raised him. With him — With their living head....
St. Paul having, in the foregoing verse, dissuaded from immoderate grief and sorrow for the death of relations, comes now to lay down several considerations or consolatory arguments in order to it. T...