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1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:17 oi` perileipo,menoi {A} By some accidental oversight, several Western witnesses (F G itar, b, f, g, o _al_) omit oi` perileipo,menoi....
THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE - Those who shall then be alive; see 1 Thessalonians 4:15. The word here rendered “then” (ἔπειτα epeita), does not necessarily mean that this would occur immediately. It prop...
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)...
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)...
We do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, because we do not wish you to sorrow as the rest of people do because they have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and...
THEN. Greek. _epeita,_ thereupon, thereafter. CAUGHT UP. Greek. _harpazo._ See Acts 8:39; 2 Corinthians 12:2; 2 Corinthians 12:4.
_then we which are alive and remain_ Better, WE THAT ARE ALIVE, THAT REMAIN (or SURVIVE). The phrase of 1 Thessalonians 4:15 repeated; see note. The Apostle distinguishes, as in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52...
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 Intro
For ΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΙΝ, ΥΠ- D*G. For ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ DB, latt vg, most Lat Fathers, read τῳ κυριῳ (_obviam domino_); D*G, with some Latins, τῳ χριστῳ. The dative may be a Latinism; but cf. Acts 28:15. Instead of Σ...
§ 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...
ΈΠΕΙΤΑ (G1899) затем, следующий. Это слово обозначает быстрый переход от ранее упомянутого события к последующему (Milligan; Ellicott). ΖΏΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить, ΠΕΡΙΛΕΙΠΌΜΕΝΟΙ...
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 w...
SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM, &C.— A cloud conducted by angels was our Lord's triumphal chariot when he ascended; and such a bright cloud will be his triumphal chariot when he comes down as j...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:17-18) 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wh...
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CA...
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 f...
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, y...
SHALL BE CAUGHT UP. — “Our Assumption,” as Bishop Ellicott well calls it. The spiritualising of our natural bodies without death, as described in 1 Corinthians 15:50, _et seq.,_ will enable us to be “...
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...
ἐν νεφέλαις, the ordinary method of sudden rapture or ascension to heaven (Acts 1:9; Acts 1:11; Revelation 11:12; Slav. En. iii. 1, 2). ἁρπαγησόμεθα. So in Sap....
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...
PAUL'S DESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND COMING Paul described the Lord's second coming with quick, powerful words. He said the Lord will come down from heaven in a way that will cause all on earth to be able...
Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be (i) caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (i) Suddenly and in the twinkling of...
(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...
_WORDS OF COMFORT_ ‘So shall we ever be with the Lord.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 These words come to us as words of comfort, words of hope, in our hours of bereavement. They emphasise one of the great...
17_And so we shall be ever_. To those who have been once gathered to Christ he promises eternal life with him, by which statements the reveries of Origen and of the Chiliasts (588) are abundantly refu...
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...
THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN,.... 1 Thessalonians 4:15. SHALL BE CAUGHT UP; suddenly, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with force and power; by the power of Christ, and by the mini...
Then we which are alive _and_ remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Ver. 17. _Then we which are alive_] He sp...
_The Lord himself_ The Lord Christ, arrayed in all his own glory, and in that of his Father; _shall descend from heaven_ “This expression does not imply that the Lord Jesus will fix his tribunal on th...
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...
“THEN WE THAT ARE ALIVE, THAT ARE LEFT, SHALL TOGETHER WITH THEM BE CAUGHT UP IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR: AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD” “Then we that are alive”: The devil wil...
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...
Christ will have a church to the end of the world, and some will be found alive at his coming, and will be CAUGHT UP, or snatched up, to denote its suddenness, it may be in the arms of angels, or by s...
then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. [Some, mistaking the spiritual resurrect...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI here in the Church, of bishops, presbyters, deacons, are imitations of the angelic glory, and of that economy which, the Scriptures say, awaits those who, follo...
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then G1899 we G2249 who G3588 alive G2198 (G5723) remain G4035 (G5742) up G726 ...
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,...
‘For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we who are alive, who are left,...
_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 impression...
1 Thessalonians 4:17. THEN. Immediately after the dead in Christ have risen. SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS. This Ascension of the Church to her Lord presupposes the ‘change' spo...
THEN (επειτα). The next step, not the identical time (τοτε), but immediately afterwards.TOGETHER WITH THEM (αμα συν αυτοις). Note both αμα (at the same time) and συν (together with) with the asso...
CAUGHT UP Not church saints only, but all bodies of the saved, of whatever dispensation, are included in the first resurrection (_ See Scofield) - (1 Corinthians 15:52) _ as here described, but it...
1 Thessalonians 4:16 The Apostle draws aside yet more the curtain of futurity. He increases and confirms the comfort which "by the word of the Lord" he offers to believers, by revealing additional tru...
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...
WILL ALL BE GATHERED UP. All of God's people since the beginning of time will be gathered up, as the dead rise to life and the living are changed (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16 CRY OF COMMAND... VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL... TRUMPET OF GOD. The three noises summon the dead. The only “archangel” identified in the Bible is Michael ...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:15 WE WHO ARE ALIVE does not mean Paul believed that he would be alive at the second coming. It means all Christians should be prepared for Christ to return d...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13 Paul answers the Thessalonians’ questions about Christians who die before Jesus returns. ⇐...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians 4:1), the seco
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:15. WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD.—“We must recognise that Paul here includes himself, along with the Thessalonians, amon...
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 15:52; 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 12:2;...
Together with them [α μ α σ υ ν α υ τ ο ι ς]. %Ama, at the same time, referring to the living. We that are alive shall simultaneously or one and all (comp. Romans 3:12) be caught up. Sun aujtoiv along...
Together — In the same moment. In the air — The wicked will remain beneath, while the righteous, being absolved, shall be assessors with their Lord in the judgment. With the Lord — In heaven....
Observe here, 1. The triumphant ascension both of the living and sleeping saints, together into the clouds; WE WHICH ARE ALIVE SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS. This ascension shall...