1Th 1:10, 2:19, 3:13, 4:13-18, 5:23 | Family | STEP | Christ is the cause of the deliverance of believers from the wrath to come. This they feel and acknowledge, and to him they give the glory.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

Christ is the cause of the deliverance of believers from the wrath to come. This they feel and acknowledge, and to him they give the glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

1 Thessalonians 3:13

At the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; when the result of God's work of sanctification in the hearts of believers shall be made manifest in its perfection. Increasing love to Christians on account of their attachment and likeness to Christ, and earnest desires to promote the highest good of men, are powerful means of perseverance in holiness and preparation for heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Asleep; asleep in Jesus, who have died in union with Christ by faith, verse 1Th 4:14.

Others; the unenlightened heathen, who have no hope of a resurrection and life of blessedness with Christ in heaven. 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. 1Co 15:51-54. Which are alive; when the Lord shall come to judgment.

Shall not prevent; not go before, or rise to meet the Lord before those do who are dead. Rise first; before the living shall be changed. But after the dead in Christ are raised, the living shall be changed, and both ascend together to be for ever with the Lord. The prospect of meeting our pious friends at the day of judgment, and with them, perfect in body and soul, ascending with Christ and all his redeemed, to be for ever like him, soothes the anguish of parting with them, and fills the soul with joys unspeakable and full of glory.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

The coming of our Lord; his second coming in glory. See note to chap 1Th 3:13.