1Th 4:15-17 | NASB1995 | STEP | For this we say to you by the word of the Lord , that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord , will not precede those who have fallen asleep .

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

15 For this we say to you ^aby the word of the Lord, that ^bwe who are alive ^{▼▼ Lit who}and remain until ^dthe coming of the Lord, will not precede ^ethose who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord ^fHimself ^gwill descend from heaven with a ^{▼▼ Or cry of command
,} ⁱshout, with the voice of ^j the archangel and with the ^ktrumpet of God, and ^lthe dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then ^mwe who are alive ^{▼▼ Lit who}and remain will be ^ocaught up together with them ^pin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always ^qbe with the Lord.